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21Exemplary damages — Exemplary Ex em*pla*ry, a. [L. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf. F. exemplaire. See {Exemplar}.] 1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct. [1913 Webster] [Bishops ] lives …
22exemplary damages — ➔ damage1 * * * exemplary damages UK US noun [plural] UK LAW ► an amount of money that someone who commits an offence has to pay, which is intended to be large enough to prevent them or others from committing similar offences in the future: »He… …
23exemplary damages — n. Law damages awarded to the plaintiff beyond the actual loss, imposed as a punishment for the defendant s wrong …
24exemplary damages — noun (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) • Syn: ↑punitive damages, ↑smart money • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑ …
25Exemplary damages — Damage Dam age (d[a^]m [asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.… …
26Exemplary damages — Im angelsächsischen Recht versteht man unter Punitive damages (exemplary damages im englischen Recht) Schadensersatz, der im Zivilprozess einem Kläger über den erlittenen realen Schaden hinaus zuerkannt wird. In Deutschland hat sich hierfür der… …
27exemplary punishment — death by hanging Not being made an example by having to stand in the corner for a few minutes: Few people want to take direct responsibility for hanging; understandably they prefer abstractions course of justice , debt to society ,… …
28exemplary — adjective a) Deserving honour, respect and admiration. b) Of such high quality that it should serve as an example and sought to be imitated. See Also: exemplative …
29exemplary — Synonyms and related words: admirable, admonishing, admonitory, archetypal, archetypical, beyond all praise, blameless, cautionary, cautioning, characteristic, classic, classical, commendable, consummate, creditable, deserving, deterrent,… …
30exemplary — ex em·pla·ry || É™rɪ adj. serving as a model or example, worthy of imitation, praiseworthy …
