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Re-compensation

Re-compensation. Where a party sues for a debt, and the defendant pleads compensation, i.e., set-off, the plaintiff may allege a compensation on his part, and this is called a re-compensation, Scots Law Term.

Tenants' Compensation Act, 1890

Tenants' Compensation Act, 1890 (English) (53 & 54 Vict. c. 57), repealed by and see now the Allotments Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 57), ss. 1 and 4 (2). At Common Law a...

General damages

General damages, include all other items of damage whether they be pecuniary or not. Special damages comprise all part pecuniary

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compensation

compensation 1 : the act of compensating 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : the ending of mutual obligations between two people for money or quantities of fungible things usually by operation of law but...

compensatory damages

compensatory damages : actual damages at damage

mitigation of damages

mitigation of damages 1 : a doctrine in tort and contract law: a person injured by another is required to mitigate

unemployment compensation

unemployment compensation : compensation paid at regular intervals (as by a state agency) to an unemployed worker and esp. one who has been laid off called also unemployment benefit NOTE: Unemployment compensation is usually a fixed...

Compensation and interest

Compensation and interest, The Legislature being well aware of the distinction between compensation and interest thereon employed clear language which leaves no room for doubt that under sub-s. (2) interest was payable in its well-known and...

Compensation and market value

Compensation and market value, market value cannot be equated to compensation. The market value is only one of the components in the determination of the amount of compensation, Periyar and Pareekanni Rubber Ltd. v. State of...

Sounding in damages

Sounding in damages. An action is said to sound in damages when it is brought for the recovery of unascertained damages.

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