COMPENSATORY DAMAGES meaning: Compensation for actual losses incurred

We found 20 dictionaries that define the word compensatory damages:

General (10 matching dictionaries)

compensatory damages: Merriam-Webster
compensatory damages: Vocabulary.com
compensatory damages: Infoplease Dictionary
compensatory damages: Dictionary.com
Compensatory damages: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
compensatory damages: Rhymezone
compensatory damages: FreeDictionary.org
compensatory damages: Mnemonic Dictionary
compensatory damages: TheFreeDictionary.com
compensatory damages: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (8 matching dictionaries)

compensatory damages: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
compensatory damages: Law.com Dictionary
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Compensatory Damages: Legal dictionary
compensatory damages: Financial dictionary
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compensatory damages: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

compensatory damages: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (compensatory damages)

▸ noun: (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated

Opposite:

punitive damages, nominal damages, liquidated damages

Types:

punitive damages, exemplary damages, liquidated damages, nominal damages, statutory damages, more...

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