compensatory damages

compensatory damages

noun Law.
damages, measured by the harm suffered, awarded to the injured person as due compensation.
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Compensatory damages is always a great word to know.
So is duress. Does it mean:
pertaining to civil action for compensation for damages by a person who claims to have suffered an injury or loss caused by another's inadvertent action
such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence
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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 [syn: actual damages
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