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wrongful pregnancy

disallowed damages for child-rearing expenses in wrongful pregnancy cases. It is more common to recover for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, or loss of consortium from pregnancy and childbirth.

smart money

smart money [smart pain] : punitive damages at damage n 1 : money invested by one having inside information or much experience

mental anguish

mental anguish : a high degree of emotional pain, distress, torment, or suffering that may aggravate a crime or be a subject of an action for damages

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distress

NOTE: Distress is regulated by statute where available. It has been held unconstitutional by some courts. 2 : pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind see also emotional distress

damage

logical result of a wrongful act compare special damages in this entry 2 : damages for losses (as pain and suffering, inconvenience, or loss of lifestyle) whose monetary values are difficult to assign he·don·ic damages [hi-dÄ -nik-]

cruel and unusual punishment

punishment that is offensive to the contemporary morality or jurisprudence (as by being degrading, inflicting unnecessary and intentional pain, or being disproportionate to the offense) [nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted "U.S. Constitution amend. VIII"] see also

bodily injury

bodily injury : any damage to a person's physical condition including pain or illness called also bodily harm compare emotional distress, serious bodily injury

Gonorrhea

inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract affecting especially the urethra and vagina and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge pain in urination and chordee clap

Chilblain

sore or inflammatory swelling of the feet or hands produced by exposure to cold and attended by itching pain and sometimes ulceration

Health

sound or whole in body mind or soul especially the state of being free from physical disease or pain

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