damages awarded
Court-ordered monetary relief
Damages awarded is the monetary compensation a court orders one party to pay another, typically following a lawsuit.
The phrase appears in legal judgments and news reports: The jury found the company liable and damages awarded totaled $2.3 million.
Damages may be compensatory (covering actual losses) or punitive (intended to punish wrongdoing).
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- out of courtResolved privately, no trial
- verdictOfficial court decision
- jury verdictDeliberating body's formal decision
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Length of incarceration
incarceration · criminal conviction · probation · community service · parole
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