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Special damage
Special damage, such a loss as the law will not presume to be the consequence of the defendant's act, but
Workmen's Compensation Act
(Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents
Double or treble damages
Matched in: Term Double or treble damages
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workmen's compensation
workmen's compensation : workers' compensation
workman's compensation
workman's compensation : workers' compensation
longshore and harbor workers' compensation act
longshore and harbor workers' compensation act The federal act designed to provide workers' compensation benefits to employees, other than seamen, who work in
Wrong, injury and damage
Wrong, injury and damage, the word 'wrong' in ordinary legal language means and signifies 'privation of right'. An act is wrongful if
Injury
Injury, any damage done to another, either in his person, rights, reputation, or property, for which an action lies at law.
Vindictive damage
Vindictive damage, damages given on the principle of punishing the defendant, over and above compensating the plaintiff [recognized by Bowen, L.J.,
Ultra
Ultra; damages ultra, damages beyond a sum paid into Court.
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