Treble Damages

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In actions arising ex contractu, some statutes give treble damages, and these statutes have been liberally construed to mean actually treble damages; for example, if the jury give twenty dollars damages for a forcible entry, the court will award forty dollars more, so as to make the total amount of damages sixty dollars. 4 Bam. & C. 154; Mc Clel. 567. The construction on the words "treble damages" is different from that which has been put on the words "treble costs." See 6 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 288; 1 Browne (Pa.) 9; 1 Cow. (N. Y.) 160, 175, 176, 584; 8 Cow. (N. Y.) 115.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Three times actual loss.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Measure of land; [1895] App. Cas. 1, affirming [ISO 3 Damages; Restraint of Trade. Ch. 1; and where a tree stands on the divid-

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In practice. Damages given by statute in certain cases, consisting of the single damages found by the Jury, actually tripled in amount The usual practice has been for the jury to find the single amount of the damages, and for the court, on motion, to order that amount to be trebled. 2 Tidd, Pr. 893, 894.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

reme.dies. In actions arising ez contractu some statutes give treble damages; and these statutes have been liberally construed to mean actually treble damages; for example, if the jury give $20 damages for a forcible entry, the court will award $40 more, so as to make the total amount of damages $60. 4B. & C. 154; M‘Clell. R. 567. The construction on the words treble damages, is different from that which has been put on the words treble costs, (q. v-)