Punitive
21Punitive damages — (termed exemplary damages in the United Kingdom) are damages not awarded in order to compensate the plaintiff, but in order to reform or deter the defendant and similar persons from pursuing a course of action such as that which damaged the… …
22punitive damages — see damage 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. punitive damages …
23punitive award — UK US noun [C] (also punitive damage award) LAW ► an amount of money that someone who commits a crime has to pay, that is intended to be large enough to prevent them or others from committing similar crimes in the future: impose a punitive award… …
24punitive damages — ➔ damage1 * * * punitive damages UK US noun [plural] also US punitives) LAW ► an amount of money that someone who commits a crime has to pay, that is intended to be large enough to prevent them or others from committing similar crimes in the… …
25punitive tariff — ➔ tariff * * * punitive tariff UK US noun [C] COMMERCE, TAX ► a very high tax that a government puts on imports in order to protect its own country s manufacturers: »The government is to impose punitive tariffs on imported luxury cars. → Compare… …
26punitive damage award — UK US noun [C] LAW ► PUNITIVE AWARD(Cf. ↑punitive award) …
27punitive action — index reprisal, retribution, revenge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
28punitive damages — n. EXEMPLARY DAMAGES …
29Punitive expedition — A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a state or any group of persons. It is usually undertaken in response to disobedient or morally wrong behavior, but may be also be a covered revenge.harvtxt|Stowell|1921 provides… …
30Punitive damages — Im anglo amerikanischen Recht versteht man unter punitive damages Schadensersatz, der im Zivilprozess einem Kläger über den erlittenen tatsächlichen Schaden hinaus zuerkannt wird. In Deutschland hat sich dafür der Begriff Strafschadensersatz… …
