Direct Damages - Law Dictionary Search Results

direct result of the injury suffered called also compensatory damages consequential damages : special damages in this entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act compare … to a business, profession, or property that are easily calculable in monetary terms called also consequential damages compare direct damages in this entry general damages in this entry NOTE: Because special damages do not arise in every case,

verdict

verdict by a jury that is unable to agree on liability and so compromises on an award of damages that is less than what it should be if the plaintiff has a right of recovery free from … be submitted to a jury for its resolution [the order of the court granting a motion for a directed verdict is effective without any assent of the jury "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 50(a)"] see also

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Copyhold

of freehold, or even for a term of years. (5) The efforts of the Legislature have been much directed to the facilitation of enfranchisement, but the (English) Copyhold Act, 1841 (4 & 5 Vict. c. 35), and … heirs. By the Act of 1887 a notice o the tenant's right to enfranchise 'upon paying the lord's compensation and the steward's fees' was directed to be given by the steward of the manor to every tenant

Valuation

lands advantages of site, are true cases of special adaptability for faring or building purposes. These tend to directly to increase both the value and the market price of lands in the hands of a private owner … which Lord Justice Moulton in the course of his judgment said (at p. 29):- 'The principles upon which compensation is assessed when land is taken under compulsory powers are well-settled. The owner receives for the lands he

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

given for one or more of the above reasons. The compensation is such loss or expense as is directly attributable to the quitting of the holding as the tenant may unavoidably incur in connection with the sale … cultivate in accordance with the rules of good husbandry or the terms of his tenancy. 3. Compensation for Damage by Game.--S. 11 provides for compensation in this respect to be assessed by arbitration. See GAME. 4. Compensation

Law Reform (UK)

damage; and the Court shall have power to exempt any person from liability to make contribution, or to direct that the contribution to be recovered from any person shall amount to a complete indemnity. (3) For the … a cause of action survives as aforesaid for the benefit of the estate of a deceased person the damages recoverable for the benefit of the estate of that person:- (a) shall not include any exemplary damages; (b)

Measure of damage

Measure of damage, the test which determines the amount of damages to the given. The general rule in English law is that in contract the measure of damage is … the compensation to the plaintiff for the loss or damage which it may be supposed be has suffered directly as a natural consequence of the act complained of. The exception is those ases where vindictive or exemplary

Person interested

Person interested, is given an inclusive definition which should be liberally construed to embrace all persons who may directly or indirectly be interested either in the title of the land or in quantum of compensation, Gurmit Kaur … company for whose benefit the land is acquired and who is bound under an agreement to pay the compensation, Himalaya Tiles and Merbles (P) Ltd. v. Francis Victor Countinho, AIR 1980 SC 1118 (1120): (1980) 3 SCC

Adultery

be made a co-respondent, s. 177) to be assessed by a jury, and the Court has power to direct in what manner the damages shall be paid and that the whole or any part thereof shall be

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