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Cap

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000843

A legal or contractual limit placed on an amount, such as damages, interest rates, or liability. This restriction prevents a value from exceeding a predetermined maximum, regardless of other factors that might otherwise increase it. For example, many states impose a cap on non-economic damages in personal injury lawsuits.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000843
FieldLaw
Record as JSON
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  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal or contractual limit placed on an amount, such as damages, interest rates, or liability. This restriction prevents a value from exceeding a predetermined maximum, regardless of other factors that might otherwise increase it. For example, many states impose a cap on non-economic damages in personal injury lawsuits.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/cap/"
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