Meaning of punitive damages in English:
punitive damages
Translate punitive damages into Spanish
plural noun
LawDamages exceeding simple compensation and awarded to punish the defendant.
‘Exemplary damages or punitive damages, the terms are synonymous, stand apart from awards of compensatory damages.’- ‘In my view, the case at bar is one where punitive damages must be awarded because of the conduct of all Defendants.’
- ‘The Law Commission emphasised that an award of punitive damages should be seen as a remedy of last resort.’
- ‘The Court has thus confirmed that punitive damages can be awarded in the absence of an accompanying tort.’
- ‘The plaintiff recovered punitive damages in the cause now in issue, the total award exceeding one million dollars.’
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