Damages (imp. & p. p.) of Damage |
damages / amends / indemnity / indemnification / restitution / redress a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury |
actual damages / compensatory damages / general damages (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated |
nominal damages (law) a trivial sum (usually $.) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) |
punitive damages / exemplary damages / smart money (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) |
double damages twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to |
treble damages three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to |