ad damnum: clause of a pleading alleging amount of loss or injury
adjournment: a temporary postponement of the proceedings of a case until a specified future time
adjudicate: to hear or try and determine judicially ...
Ad damnum. To the loss; "to the damage of plaintiff (so many) dollars".
Ad Damnum (Latin):
Refers to the parts or sections of a petition that speaks to the damages that were suffered and claimed by the plaintiff.
AD DAMNUM, pleading. To the damage. In all personal and mixed actions, with the exception of actions of debt qui tam, where the plaintiff has sustained no damages, the declaration concludes ad damnum. Archb. Civ. Pl. 169.
The phrase ad damnum, "to the damage," is the name of a clause in a complaint that states the damages for which the individual seeks judicial relief.
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Expanded Legal Definition of Act of GodAd Damnum Latin: refers to the parts or sections of a Court application that speaks to the damages that were allegedly suffered and claimed by the plaintiff.
 See also: Damages, Law, Judicial, Action, Obligation
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