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Law.damages of a small amount awarded to a plaintiff where substantial compensable loss has not been established but whose legal rights were violated.[1790-1800]
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nominal damages — see damage 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. nominal damages n … Law dictionary
nominal damages — ➔ damage1 * * * nominal damages UK US noun [plural] ► LAW a small amount that a court of law orders someone to pay to another person that they have harmed, but not in a way that the court considers serious: »When one purchaser backed out, the… … Financial and business terms
Nominal damages — Damage Dam age (d[a^]m [asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nominal damages — noun (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑damages, ↑amends, ↑indemnity, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nominal damages — negligible damages, damages that are too small to be considered … English contemporary dictionary
nominal damages — An award to which the plaintiff is entitled, although he gives no evidence of any particular amount of loss, because the law infers damage from the breach of an agreement or the invasion of a right. Ferreira v Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd. 44… … Ballentine's law dictionary
nominal damages — /nɒmənəl ˈdæmɪdʒəz/ (say nomuhnuhl damijuhz) plural noun Law a token amount awarded as compensation for the technical infringement of a right where no actual loss or harm has been suffered …
damages — I noun amends, compensation, costs, expenses, expiation, fine, indemnification, indemnity, injury, just compensation, legal costs, legal liability, loss, penalty, recompense, recovery, reimbursement, remuneration for injury suffered, reparation,… … Law dictionary
nominal — nom·i·nal / nä mən əl/ adj 1: existing or being something in name or form but usu. not in reality defenses...raised by the corporation as nominal defendant in a derivative suit R. C. Clark 2: being so small or trivial as to be a mere token… … Law dictionary
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