Damages
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The indemnity recoverable by a person who has sustained an injury, either in his person, property, or relative rights, through the act or default of another. The injury or loss for which compensation is sought.
Compensatory damages
Those allowed as a recompense for the injury actually received. They cannot include an allowance for inconvenience as well as injuries; Jenson v. R. Co., 86 Wis. 589, 57 N. W. 359, 22