NOMINAL DAMAGES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nominal damages mean? 

• NOMINAL DAMAGES (noun)
  The noun NOMINAL DAMAGES has 1 sense:

1. (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOMINAL DAMAGES (noun)

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Meaning:

(law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("nominal 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)