Ad damnum
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inpleading. “To the dainage.” The technical name of that clause of the writ or declaration which contains a statement of the plaintiff’s money loss, or the damages which he claims.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Ad dampnum. L. Lat. To the damage.
In pleading. The emphatic words of the clause at the end of the declaration, when in Latin, in which a certain amount of damages was claimed. Ad damnum ipsius A. —, et inde, &c. Towns. Pl. 418. This is literally translated in the modern forms, "to the damage of the said A. of —, and therefore, &c.;" and hence the clause itself is technically termed the ad damnum. 1 Chitt. Pl. 419. See Damnum. A similar clause in libels in admiralty is so termed. Story J., 3 Mason's R. 503, 504.