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Remote Damages

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Damages are too remote to be actionable when not the legal and natural consequence of the act complained of. Sweet. Remote damages are such as are the unusual and unexpected result, not reasonably to be anticipated from an accidental or unusual combination of circumstances, — a result beyond and over which the negligent party has no control. 175 111. 406; 131 lU. App. 295; 123 111. App. 25. See "Damages;" "Proximate Damages."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Loss which is too remote from a legal cause to be recoverable.