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 Treasury Department has warned Congress that failure to raise the legal cap on federal debt by early June would risk a default in which Washington ceased to pay all its bills.
From Reuters ● Feb. 14, 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 jury deliberated for two hours, then awarded Ganeshananda $105,541,440 for his pain and suffering, which the court was forced to reduce to the state’s legal cap of $815,000.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
Shall I bring you some legal cap, and loan you my pencil?”
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
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