Remittitur Damnum

Remittitur damnum. Where a jury gave greater damages than a plaintiff had declared for, the mistake might be rectified by entering a remittitur for the excess; or, if a plaintiff had signed judgment for the greater sum, the Court would give him leave to amend it, by entering a remittitur for the excess, even in a subsequent term and after error brought. The damages were usually remitted in ejectment and replevin where judgment was signed by confession or default, 2 Chit. Arch. Prac., 12th Edn. 1517.