adequate remedy at law

adequate remedy at law
n.
A remedy that provides complete and appropriate relief.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


adequate remedy at law
n. A legal remedy, usually an award of money, that provides sufficient compensation to the plaintiff, thereby making equitable relief, such as specific performance, unavailable.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


adequate remedy at law
Sufficient compensation by way of monetary damages.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


adequate remedy at law
Sufficient compensation by way of monetary damages.

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  • Adequate remedy — An adequate remedy is a legal remedy (either court ordered or negotiated between the litigants) which the court deems satisfactory.This consideration expresses to the court whether money should be awarded or a court order should be decreed.… …   Wikipedia

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  • adequate — ad·e·quate adj: lawfully and reasonably sufficient adequate grounds for a lawsuit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. adequate …   Law dictionary

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