| 单词 | nominal damages |
| 释义 | nominal damages noun[plural] ukusLAW asmallamountthat acourtoflaworderssomeone topayto anotherpersonthat they haveharmed, but not in a way that thecourtconsidersserious: When onepurchaserbackedout, thetraderdid notloseasaleand hereceivedonlynominaldamages. Examplesofnominal damagesnominal damages These are similar to, but different from,nominaldamages(see below), in which no written sum is specified. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The judge found in their favour and awardednominaldamagesof 10. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If no loss has been occasioned by the plaintiff, onlynominaldamageswill be awarded. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nominaldamagesare awarded where a legal wrong has been committed but no consequential loss has been caused. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We have all the facts before us and it is clear that, even on this view, onlynominaldamagescould be recovered. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If conduct be illegal, or, indeed, criminal, it does not necessarily follow that an action in tort fornominaldamageswill lie. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a result,nominaldamageswere awarded in the amount of $1. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They will not recover merelynominaldamages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If we addnominaldamages, we get no further, as we lose track of what is distinctive about the wrong of violating an injunction. From theCambridge English Corpus However, there is a place for nominal, arbitrary and token damages to recognise, asnominaldamagesdo in other cases, that damage has been suffered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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