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Prospective Damages

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Such as will naturally result from the injury complained of, but have not accrued at the time of the trial; such, for example, as the loss of wages from a personal injury which will result where plaintiff has not, at the time of the trial, recovered his earning capacity.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Damages reasonably expected to follow after the commencement of an action.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Damages which are expected to follow from the act or state of facte made the basis of a plaintiff's suit; damages which have not yet accrued, at the time of the trini, but which, in the nature of things, must necessarily, or most probably, result from the acts or facts complained of.

Defined under Damages in Black's Law Dictionary.