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Remittitur damnum

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additur

: the increase by a court of the jury's award of damages which the court deems insufficient compare remittitur NOTE: The Supreme Court held in Dimick v. Schiedt, 293 U.S. 474 (1935) that additur violates the Seventh

damage

suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable see also additur, cover, mitigate, remittitur compare declaratory judgment at judgment, injunction specific performance at performance NOTE: The trier of fact determines the amount

remitter

remitter [Anglo-French, from remitter to remit] : remittitur n : one that remits ;specif : one that sends a remittance

verdict

of justice and that may be remedied by a lessening of damages or a new trial see also remittitur general verdict : a verdict that is either for the plaintiff or for the defendant and is often

VerbarRemittitur

A remission or surrender remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages

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