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EXEMPLARY DAMAGES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exemplary damages mean? 

EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (noun)
  The noun EXEMPLARY DAMAGES has 1 sense:

1. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)play

  Familiarity information: EXEMPLARY DAMAGES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

exemplary damages; punitive damages; smart money

Hypernyms ("exemplary damages" is a kind of...):

amends; damages; indemnification; indemnity; redress; restitution (a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exemplary damages"):

double damages (twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to)

treble damages (three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to)


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