General damages

General Damages
(n) General Damages are the compensation awarded by a court in Lawsuits where claim for the damages, loss or injury cannot be quantified accurately in money terms. Eg. Damages awarded for non performance of contract to play a drama.

general damages
n. monetary recovery (money won) in a lawsuit for injuries suffered (such as pain, suffering, inability to perform certain functions) or breach of contract for which there is no exact money value which can be calculated.

General Damages - Compensation for the loss directly and necessarily incurred by a breach of contract.
General Jurisdiction - Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.

general damages
Damages (q.v.) paid for out-of-pocket expenses, e.g. medical costs, lost wages.
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General damages
General damages, sometimes styled hedonic damages, compensate the claimant for the non-monetary aspects of the specific harm suffered. This is usually termed 'pain, suffering and loss of amenity'.

General damages
Definition
1 : damages for a loss that is the natural, foreseeable, and logical result of a wrongful act
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General Damages Damages for non-monetary losses suffered by a plaintiff. These damages are not capable of exact quantification. Examples of such losses suffered include pain, suffering, and disfigurement. Nominal Damages Token (i.e.

"general damages Damages intended to cover injuries for which an exact dollar amount cannot be calculated.

Proof of malice, however, does allow a party defamed to sue for general damages for damage to reputation, while an inadvertent libel limits the damages to actual harm (such as loss of business) called special damages.

"Loss of enjoyment of life falls within the definition of general damages because it involves the quality of a person's life, which is inherently speculative and cannot be measured definitively in terms of money.

General damages are such as the law implies to have accrued from the act of a tort-feasor. To call a man a thief, or commit an assault and battery upon his person, are examples of this kind.

They are either added to general damages arising from an act injurious in itself; such as when some particular loss arises from the uttering of slanderous words, actionable in themselves; or are such as arise from an act not actionable in itself, ...

General damages, which are also a form of compensatory damages, cover more intangible losses, such as pain, suffering, humiliation, the loss of enjoyment of life as well as grief suffered from the loss of a loved one.

DAMAGES, GENERAL
torts. General damages are such as the law implies to have accrued from the act of a tort-feasor. To call a man a thief, or commit an... more ...

For either definition, there are many different types or categories of damages. (See also: compensatory damages, actual damages, special damages, general damages, exemplary damages, punitive damages, statutory damages, nominal damages) ...

See also: Damages, Law, Court, Lawyer, Person