Damna
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
tn practice, is the act of the plaintiff put upon the record, whereby he abates or remits the excess of damages found by the jury beyond the sum laid in the declaration.
See 1 Saund. 285, n. 6.