actual damages — ➔ damage1 * * * actual damages UK US noun [plural] (also compensatory damages) LAW ► the amount of money that a court orders to be paid to someone in return for something that has been lost or damaged: »The jury originally awarded actual damages… … Financial and business terms
actual damages — Compensation for actual injuries or loss. Chappell v. City of Springfield, Mo., 423 S.W.2d 810, 814. Term used to denote the type of damage award as well as the nature of injury for which recovery is allowed; thus, actual damages flowing from… … Black's law dictionary
actual damages — Compensation for actual injuries or loss. Chappell v. City of Springfield, Mo., 423 S.W.2d 810, 814. Term used to denote the type of damage award as well as the nature of injury for which recovery is allowed; thus, actual damages flowing from… … Black's law dictionary
actual damages — Damages in compensation for the loss or injury suffered rather than those allowed by way of punishment of the defendant or deterring others. 22 Am J2d Damg § 11 … Ballentine's law dictionary
actual damages — noun (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated • Syn: ↑compensatory damages, ↑general damages • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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
actual — ac·tu·al adj: existing in fact or reality compare constructive ac·tual·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
damages, incidental — n. Damages for expenses that arise out of an occurrence that gives rise to a claim for actual damages. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… … Black's law dictionary
damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… … Black's law dictionary
