pecuniary loss
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
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.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A loss of money, or of that by which money or something of money value may be acquired. 32 Barb. (N. Y.) 33. PECUS (Lat.; pi. pecudes).
In the Roman law. Cattle; a beast. Under a bequest of pecudes were included oxen and other beasts of burden. Dig. 32. 81. 2.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A loss of money, or of something by which money or something of money value may be acquired. Gteen v. It. Co., 32 Barb. (N. Y.) 33.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A pecuniary loss ls a loss of money, or of something by which money, or something of money value, may be acquired. Green v. Hudson River Co., 32 Barb. (N. Y.) 33.
Defined under Pecuniary in Black's Law Dictionary.