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