legal remedies
Judicial relief options
Legal remedies are the means by which courts address wrongs and enforce rights.
The term covers monetary damages, injunctions, and other relief a court may order.
When someone has been harmed, their attorney assesses what legal remedies are available.
The phrase implies formal judicial process rather than informal resolution or self-help.
- damagesCompensation for injury
- monetary reliefFunds provided for hardship
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- make wholeCompensate completely for loss
rescission · injunction · disgorgement · mandamus · punitive damages · writ of execution · reformation · accounting · prohibition · out of court · habeas corpus · litigation · tort · claim · class action · breach of contract · sue · verdict
- legal fieldscivil law, criminal law, administrative law, common law, civil procedure
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- ageismageism, age discrimination, elder abuse, elder neglect, adultism
- administrative lawadjudication, judicial review, regulatory agency, natural justice, rulemaking
- civil lawproperty disputes, Napoleonic Code, litigation, damage claims, codification
- civil procedurecomplaint, complaints, answer, answers, pleadings
legal remediesvigilante justice
Unauthorized punishment by civilians
self-help · taking the law into one's own hands · mob justice · revenge · blood feud
legal remediesresignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
suffering in silence · waiver of rights · letting it go · doing nothing · acquiescence
legal remediesbackroom deal
Secret unofficial agreement
informal settlement · private arrangement · tribal justice · honor killing · social pressure