Damage
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Damage
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Damage
Loss, injury or deterioration caused by the negligence , design or accident of one person , to another in respect of the latter's person or property. Clemmons v Glens Falls Ins. Co., 163 S.E.2d 425, 2 N.C.App. 479. The thing taken away or the thing lost which a party is entitled to have restored to him so that he may be whole again. See Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. v superior court of Los Angeles Countv, 43 Cal. Rptr. 476, 233 C.A.2d333. while the word damage is used to mean injury, harm or loss to property, the word damages is used to denote the recompense or pecuniary compensation which a plaintiff can recover in an action. While damage is the disadvantage which is suffered by a person as a result of the act or default of another, damages are the pecuniary recompense given by process of law to a person for the actionable wrong that another has done to him.
Damage Alternative Definition
The loss caused by one person to another, or to his property, either with the design of injuring him, or with negligence and carelessness, or by inevitable accident. See "Damages."
Synonyms of Damage
verb
abase
abuse
blemish
blight
break
break down
bruise
cause detriment
cause injury
cause mischief
cheapen
contaminate
corrupt
cripple
crush
debase
deface
defile
deform
degrade
demolish
destroy
devalue
devastate
diminish
disable
disfigure
disparage
disrupt
disserve
do disservice to
do violence to
harm
hurt
impair
incapacitate
injure
lacerate
lay waste
maim
make unsound
malign
maltreat
mangle
mar
mutilate
pervert
pollute
prejudice
ravage
ruin
sabotage
scathe
spoil
stain
taint
tamper with
trample on
traumatize
vandalize
violate
vitiate
weaken
wound
wreck
wrong Associated Concepts: damage from negligence
damage to goods
destruction
estimated damage
latent damage
mitigation of damages
opportunity to repair
patent damage
permanent damage
recovery for damage
water damage
recovery for damage
water damage
noun
adversity
affliction
aggravation
casualty
declination
decline
decrement
depravation
depreciation
destruction
deterioration
detriment
dilaceration
diminution
disrepair
exacerbation
grievance
hardship
harm
hurt
impairment
infliction
injury
loss
ruin
ruination
spoiling
vexation
vitiation
weakening
wreck
wrong
Associated Concepts: actual loss
ad damnum clause
aggravation of damages
business damage
conjectural damages
consequential damages
contingent damages
damages actually sustained
damages by fire
damages by the elements
damages in contemplation of party
damages to land
damages to person
damages to property
damages to realty
damnum absque injuria
excessive damages
exemplary damages
future damages
general damages
incidental damages
injuria absque damno
limitation of liability
liquidated damages
measure of damages
minimizing damages
nominal damages
personal injury
property damage
punitive damages
remote damages
special damages
treble damages
unliquidated damages
unusual or extraordinary damageforeign phrases: Nemo damnum facit
nisi qui id fecit quodfacere jus non habet
No one is considered as doing damage
except he who does that which he has no right to do
No one shall have error or attaint unless he has suffered damage
Ubicunque est injuria
ibi damnum sequitur
Wherever there is a wrong
there damage follows
Quod quis ex culpa sua damnum sentit non intelligitur damnum sentire
He who incurs a damage by his own fault is not held to suffer damage
Damnum sine injuria esse potest
There can be damage or injury inflicted without any act of injustice
Actus legis nemini est damnosus
An act of the law shall prejudice no one
there damage follows
Quod quis ex culpa sua damnum sentit non intelligitur damnum sentire
He who incurs a damage by his own fault is not held to suffer damage
Damnum sine injuria esse potest
There can be damage or injury inflicted without any act of injustice
Actus legis nemini est damnosus
An act of the law shall prejudice no one
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Accrue, Average, Bailment, Careless, Casualty, Consequential Damage, Culpa, Damage Feasant, Damages, Deceit, Detriment, , Disrepair, Disturb, Indemnify, Indemnity, Injure, Injury, Insurable, Insurable Interest, Insurance, Jason Clause, Lesion, Liquidated Damages, , Malpractice, Mandatory Injunction, Nominal Damages, Notary, Nuisance, Particular Average, Perils Of The Sea, Policy Of Insurance, Prejudice, Remoteness, Restitution, Sabotage, Slander Of Property, Special Damages, , Towage, Trespass.
Translate Property Damage from English to Spanish
Translation of Property Damage , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Daños en propiedad and other legal terms is available here.
Daños en propiedad
Daños a la propiedad
Daños materiales
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English Spanish Translation of Damage
Daño
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Compensation for damage by police in Law Enforcement
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Legal English Vocabulary: Damage in Spanish
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Law Enforcement Officer
Policeman
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compensation for damage by police in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
compensation for damage by police in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
Damage in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of damage.
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English Legal System: Damage
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Damage:
Loss or harm. Not all forms of damage give rise to a right of action; for example, an occupier of land must put up with a reasonable amount of noise from his neighbours (See nuisance), and the law generally gives no compensation to relatives of an accident victim for grief or sorrow, except in the limited statutory form of damages for bereavement (See fatal accidents). Damage for which there is no remedy in law is known as damnum sine injuria. Conversely, a legal wrong may not cause actual damage (injuria sine damno). If the wrong is actionable without proof of damage (such as trespass to land) and no damage has occurred, the claimant is entitled to nominal damages. Most torts, however, are only actionable if damage has been caused (See negligence). In *libel and some forms of *slander, damage to reputation is presumed.