punitive damages
Definition
Court awarded sum that is considerably or greatly higher than the measurable value of the injury. Punitive damages are meant not to compensate the aggrieved party but to punish the offending party for its reckless or unconscionable actions or conduct.
punitive damages is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
punitive damages appears in the definition of the following term: fiduciary
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