exemplary damages
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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She is seeking a jury trial as well as punitive and exemplary damages for her “mental and physical pain and suffering.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 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
Godbey threw out the family’s lawsuit, which seeks almost $30 million in actual and exemplary damages.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
She is seeking compensatory, punitive, and exemplary damages.
From Fox News ● Dec. 19, 2019
But Mr. Mackenzie appealed to a jury, who, "to the no small discomfiture of the tories, from Sir Peregrine Maitland, down to the lowest menial employed in the political shambles," gave exemplary damages.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
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