Treble Damages
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
reme.dies. In actions arising ez contractu some statutes give treble damages; and these statutes have been liberally construed to mean actually treble damages; for example, if the jury give $20 damages for a forcible entry, the court will award $40 more, so as to make the total amount of damages $60.
4B. & C. 154; M‘Clell. R. 567.
The construction on the words treble damages, is different from that which has been put on the words treble costs, (q. v-)