Treble damages — Treble damages, in law, is a term that indicates that a statute permits a court to triple the amount of the actual/compensatory damages to be awarded to a prevailing plaintiff, generally in order to punish the losing party for willful conduct.… … Wikipedia
treble damages — see damage 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. treble damages n … Law dictionary
treble damages — ➔ damage1 * * * treble damages UK US noun [plural] LAW ► a law that allows a court to increase the amount of damages (= money paid for causing harm) that one person or organization must pay to another: »The company had to pay treble damages for… … Financial and business terms
treble damages — noun three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to • Hypernyms: ↑punitive damages, ↑exemplary damages, ↑smart money … Useful english dictionary
treble damages — Multiple damages awarded under statutory authority for certain classes of wrongs, some courts regarding the excess of the award over the amount of injury actually sustained as an extraordinary liability imposed by way of penalty, others regarding … Ballentine's law dictionary
damages — I noun amends, compensation, costs, expenses, expiation, fine, indemnification, indemnity, injury, just compensation, legal costs, legal liability, loss, penalty, recompense, recovery, reimbursement, remuneration for injury suffered, reparation,… … Law dictionary
Treble — Treble, a doublet of triple or threefold (from Latin triplus , triple ; cf. double from duplus ), is used in several contexts:Music: *As a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system; see clef. **A treble cut filter, or… … Wikipedia
Damages (disambiguation) — Damages is the money paid or awarded to a claimant in a civil action. Damages may also refer to: Damages (Jewish law), a range of jurisprudential topics that roughly correspond in secular law to torts Damages (TV series), a legal drama Nezikin or … Wikipedia
damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… … Black's law dictionary
damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… … Black's law dictionary
