Mitigation Of Damages
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
mitigation of damages
1 : a doctrine in tort and contract law: a person injured by another is required to mitigate his or her losses resulting from the injury [whether the patient shares any fault and whether the patient has satisfied the requirements of mitigation of damages "D'Aries v. Schell, 644 A.2d 134 (1994)"]
;also
: an affirmative defense based on this doctrine called also avoidable consequences
2 : a reduction in the amount of damages awarded a party
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