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Unliquidated damages

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

Definitions from Case Law

From 216 U.S. 494 - William Cramp Sons Ship Engine Building Company v. United States · 1910Most cited · 21 citing opinions

It is well understood that executive officers are not authorized to entertain and settle claims for unliquidated damages.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Such damages as are unascertained; as those arising out of torts, as well as those following breaches of contract, where the amount of damages has not, by agreement, been determined. 95 111. App. 101; 176 111. App. 528; 208 111. App. 187. In general, such damages cannot be set off. No interest will be allowed on unliquidated damages. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 1108.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Damages, the amount of which is to be found by the court or the jury.