{"id":15592,"date":"2018-03-14T18:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=15592"},"modified":"2018-03-14T18:38:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:38:57","slug":"alternative-relief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=15592","title":{"rendered":"alternative relief – a request, in a pleading, asking for both specific performance, and damages that would be averted by specific performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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alternative relief<\/span>:<\/span>
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1. Judicial relief that is mutually exclusive with another form of judicial relief.\u00a0 *\u00a0 In pleading<\/a>, a party may request alternative relief, as by asking for both specific performance<\/a> and damages that would be averted by specific performance<\/a>.\u00a0 Fed. R. Civ. P 8(a)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> See prayer for alternative relief<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A request in a pleading<\/a> by a plaintiff for several forms of relief, so that if the court denies one form of relief it may still grant the others. <\/strong>[3]<\/span><\/p>\n

prayer for alternative relief<\/span> –<\/strong> See prayer in the alternative<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

prayer in the alternative<\/span> – A prayer in a pleading<\/a> by a plaintiff in doubt as to the specific relief to which he is entitled, being in the alternative, so that i one kind of relief be denied, another may be granted, each kind being consistent with the case made by the complaint or bill. 27 Am J2d Eq. \u00a7 182; 41 Am J1st Pl \u00a7 111<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by 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> 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

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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