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exemplary damages

plural noun

  1. law damages awarded to a plaintiff above the value of actual loss sustained so that they serve also as a punishment to the defendant and a deterrent to others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Attorneys for the tenants are seeking awards for punitive damages or exemplary damages.

She is seeking a jury trial as well as punitive and exemplary damages for her “mental and physical pain and suffering.”

She wants a jury trial and unspecified compensatory damages; a financial judgment for mental pain, anguish and emotional distress; punitive and exemplary damages, and payment of legal fees.

“They appear to remain completely unrepentant about that and it ought, to pick up the language of exemplary damages, be something that shocks the conscience,” Hodge added.

The woman is seeking unspecified punitive/exemplary damages, as well as damages to cover legal costs and further relief.

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