exemplary damages
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Attorneys for the tenants are seeking awards for punitive damages or exemplary damages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Tesla is suing Yatskov for compensatory and exemplary damages, and is also seeking a court order that would force Yatskov to return the classified information.
From The Verge ● May 7, 2022
Mr Lansdown is seeking financial compensation as well as exemplary damages of up to £76m to "deter" P&O Ferries or DP World from acting the same way in future.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2022
Godbey threw out the family’s lawsuit, which seeks almost $30 million in actual and exemplary damages.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
After receiving the preliminary fee of 5l., to be paid out of the plunder, he demanded exemplary damages, and the defendant was lightened of all he could afford to pay.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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