In any contract made in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter it shall be unlawful to incorporate any provision for liquidated or other damages as a penalty for any default or forfeiture thereunder.
D.C. Code § 26-909
Penalty provisions in contracts prohibited
Feb. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 660, ch. 26, § 9
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