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Make one whole

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003123

To restore an injured party to the position they would have been in had the injury or breach of contract not occurred. This principle guides the calculation of damages in civil litigation, aiming to compensate for losses rather than to punish the wrongdoer. Monetary awards are often used to achieve this restoration.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003123
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003123",
  "term": "Make one whole",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "To restore an injured party to the position they would have been in had the injury or breach of contract not occurred. This principle guides the calculation of damages in civil litigation, aiming to compensate for losses rather than to punish the wrongdoer. Monetary awards are often used to achieve this restoration.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/make-one-whole/"
}

Record 3,086 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.