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Amount in controversy

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The damages claimed or relief demanded; the amount claimed or sued for.

Smith v. Giles, 65 Tex. 341; Barber v. Kennedy, 18 Minn. 216, (Gil. 196;) Railroad Co., v. Cunnigan, 95 Tex. 439, 67 S. W. 888