Affirmative damages
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In admiralty law, affirmative damages are damages which a respondent in a libel for injuries to a vessel may recover, which may be in excess of any amount which the libellant would be entitled to claim.
Ebert v. The Reuben Doud (D. Ct) 3 Fed. 520