Unintentional or unavoidable losses, damages or injuries that occur as a result of an action.
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- SPECIAL DAMAGES Such as actually have been suffered, and are not implied by law. Also see damages.…
- FORESEEABILITY The likelihood of the consequences as a result of an action that a reasonable person…
- CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES torts. Those damages or those losses which arise not from the immediate act of the…
- DAMNUM FATALE civil law. Damages caused by a fortuitous event, or inevitable accident; damages arising from the…
- CIVIL DAMAGE ACTS Acts passed in many of the United States which provide an action for damages against…
- ACTIO DAMNI INJURIA The name of a general class of actions for damages, including many species of suits…
- PAIN AND SUFFERING Personal injury damages that are calculated as a result of the physical or emotional distress…
- AD DAMNUM (A) Latin phrase for to the damage. Refers to the part of a Court instrument…