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Nominal damages

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003420

A small monetary award granted to a plaintiff in a lawsuit where a legal wrong has occurred, but no actual financial loss or injury was proven. These damages acknowledge the violation of a right without compensating for substantial harm. An award of one dollar is a common example of nominal damages.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003420
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003420",
  "term": "Nominal damages",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A small monetary award granted to a plaintiff in a lawsuit where a legal wrong has occurred, but no actual financial loss or injury was proven. These damages acknowledge the violation of a right without compensating for substantial harm. An award of one dollar is a common example of nominal damages.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/nominal-damages/"
}

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