{"id":6152,"date":"2017-11-02T02:52:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T02:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6152"},"modified":"2017-11-05T19:44:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T19:44:47","slug":"remittitur-an-order-requiring-a-plaintiff-to-choose-between-a-new-trial-or-lowering-the-damages-amount-below-what-the-jury-had-awarded","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6152","title":{"rendered":"Remittitur – an order requiring a Plaintiff to choose between a new trial or lowering the damages amount below what the jury had awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Definition of Remittitur<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>(18c.) 1. An order awarding a new trial, or a damages amount lower than\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>that awarded by the jury, & requiring the plaintiff to choose between those alternatives\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><the defendant sought a remittitur of the $100 million judgment>. 2. The process by<\/strong><\/span>
\nwhich a court requires either that the case be tretried, or that the damages awarded by<\/strong><\/span>
\nthe jury be reduced.<\/strong> CF. ADDITUR.>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Definition of REMITTIT DAMNA<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>[Latin] (18c.) Hist<\/em>. An entry on the record by which a plaintiff declares that he or she<\/strong><\/span>
\nremits part of the damages that have ben awarded.<\/strong> \u2014 Also termed remittitur damna;\u00a0<\/span>remittitur damnum.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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