NOMINAL DAMAGES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("nominal damages" is a kind of...):

amends; damages; indemnification; indemnity; redress; restitution (a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)