damage (damaj)

[Early mod. E. also dam mage; Therfore yef ye do wisely sendeth after hem, ffor but yef the i be departed ther shull some be deed, and that were grete damage and pite. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 568. 2. Hurt or lo to person, character, or estate; injury to a person or thing by violence or wrongful treatment, or by adverse natural forces; deterioration of value or reputation. IMG:content-2008.png:[blocks in formation] 3. pl. In law, the value in money. of what is lost or withheld; the estimated money equivalent for detriment or injury sustained; that which is given or adjudged to repair a lo .4. Cost; expense. [Colloq.] Many thanks, but I must pay the damage , and will thank you to tell me the amount of the engraving. Byron. Amenity damages. See amenity . - Civil damage act. See civil . Compensatory damages, consequential damages. See the adjectives. - Damage feasant, in law , doing injury; inflicting damage; trespa ing, as cattle: applied to a stranger's beasts found in another person's ground without his leave or license, and there doing damage, by feeding or otherwise, to the gra , corn, wood, etc. - Exemplary, punitive, or vindictive damages, such damages as are fixed upon, not as a mere reimburse and an adequate recompense for the entire injury susment of pecuniary lo , but as a good round compensation tained, and as may serve for a wholesome example to others in like cases. See compensatory damages , under com pensatory . Farthing damages, in Eng . law , nominal as opposed to substantial damages. - Liquidated or stipulated damages, damages which are fixed in amount by the nature or terms of a contract. - Nominal damages, a trifling sum, such as six cents, awarded to vindicate a plaintiff's right, when no serious injury has been suffered, in contradistinction to substantial damages. - Special damages, damages which would not nece arily follow the commi ion of the alleged breach of contract or wrong, and therefore need to be specially alleged in the complaint or declaration. Unliquidated damages, damages which require determination by the estimate of a jury or court. = Syn. Detriment , Harm , etc. (See injury.) Waste , etc. See lo . Damalichthys vacca. A genus of surf-fishes, of the family Holcono tid a. D. vacca is a species of the Pacific coast of the United States, locally known as porgy and perch; it is a food-fish, attaining a weight of from 2 to 3 pounds.