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