{"id":10921,"date":"2017-12-16T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10921"},"modified":"2017-12-16T05:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T05:00:27","slug":"double-damages-damages-that-by-statute-are-twice-the-amount-that-the-fact-finder-determines-is-owed-or-twice-the-amount-of-actual-damages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10921","title":{"rendered":"Double Damages – damages that, by statute, are twice the amount that the fact-finder determines is owed or twice the amount of actual damages"},"content":{"rendered":"

double damages<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Damages that, by statute, are twice the amount that the fact-finder determines is owed or twice the amount of actual damages awarded.\u00a0 *\u00a0 In some cases, double damages are awarded in addition to actual damages, so the effect is the same as treble damages.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Multiple damages awarded under statutory authority for certain classes of wrongs, some courts regarding the excess fo the award over the amount of injury actually sustained as an extraordinary liability imposed by way of penalty, others regarding it as an extraordinary liability imposed under s statute which is remedial and nonpunitive.\u00a0 22 Am J2d Damg \u00a7\u00a7 267, 268<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The damages awarded for waste in some jurisdictions.\u00a0 56 Am J1st Waste \u00a7 36<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A term for an allowance of inconsistent theories.\u00a0 Anno: 17 ALR2d 1323<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 See exemplary damages<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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