common-law damages – a court ordered monetary award intended to return an injured party, as nearly as possible. to their position that party occupied before suffering harm.
accumulative damages – statutory damages allowed in addition to amounts available under the common law. aka enhanced damages.
general damages – damages so reasonably expected to result from the type of wrong complained of that they do not need to be proved; specifically compensatory damages for harm that frequently result from the tort for which a party has sued. aka direct damages; necessary damages.
additional damages – usually provided by statute in addition to direct damages, including expenses resulting from the injury, consequential damages, or punitive damages.
compensatory damages – the total damages recoverable in satisfaction of, or in recompense for, loss or injury sustained, including all damages, except nominal damages, punitive, or exemplary damages. — aka compensatories; actual damages.
statutory damages – damages provided by statute as distinguished from damages provided under the common law.
- multiple damages – statutory damages that are a multiple of the amount that the fact-finder determines to be owed.
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: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6
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