legal cap
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of legal cap
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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For teaching summer courses that generally ran for up to two weeks, Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh each made salaries that approached the legal cap on certain outside income, roughly $30,000 in recent years.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
The deal reached after several weeks of intense negotiations between attorneys and doctors groups would raise the legal cap on pain and suffering awards to $350,000 beginning Jan. 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
The debt ceiling is a legal cap on how much money the federal government can borrow to fund its budget deficits and meet debt obligations.
From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2017
The judgment included $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $7.5 million in punitive damages — an award so large it exceeded the state’s legal cap and was reduced by a judge.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2016
It was a full minute before the other lifted his eyes from the sheet of legal cap, and by that time he was in full control of his passion.
From Jane Cable by McCutcheon, George Barr
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