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Substantial Damages

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Damages, assessed by the verdict of a jury, which are

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A sum, assessed by way of damages, which is worth having; opposed to nominal damages, which are assessed to satisfy a bare legal right Wharton.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Such damages given by the verdict of a jury as amount to a substantial sum, as opposed to merely nominal damages.