pecuniary loss
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 227 U.S. 59 - Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland · 1913Most cited · 1,183 citing opinions
A pecuniary loss or damage must be one which can be measured by some standard. It is a term employed judicially, not only to express the character of that loss to the beneficial plaintiffs which is the foundation of their right of recovery, but also to discriminate between a material loss which is susceptible of a pecuniary valuation, and that inestimable loss of the society and companionship of the deceased relative upon which, in the nature of things, it is not possible to set a pecuniary valuation.
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