{"id":6155,"date":"2017-11-02T03:06:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T03:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6155"},"modified":"2017-11-05T19:24:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T19:24:20","slug":"additur-with-the-defendants-consent-increases-the-jurys-award-of-damages-to-avoid-a-new-trial-on-grounds-of-inadequate-damages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6155","title":{"rendered":"Additur &#8211; with the defendant&#8217;s consent, increases the jury&#8217;s award of damages to avoid a new trial on grounds of inadequate damages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Definition of <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Additur<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>[Latin &#8216;it is added to&#8217;] (1894) <strong>A trial courts order, issued usually with the\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>defendant&#8217;s consent, that increases the jury&#8217;s award of damages to avoid a new trial on<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>grounds of inadequate damages. The term may also refer to the increase itself, the<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>procedure, or the court&#8217;s power to make the order.<\/strong> \u2014 Also termed increscitur.<strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition of Additur: \u201c[Latin &#8216;it is added to&#8217;] (1894) A trial courts order, issued usually with the\u00a0defendant&#8217;s consent, that increases the jury&#8217;s award of damages to avoid a new trial on grounds of inadequate damages. The term may also refer to the increase itself, the procedure, or the court&#8217;s power to make the order. \u2014 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6155\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Additur &#8211; with the defendant&#8217;s consent, increases the jury&#8217;s award of damages to avoid a new trial on grounds of inadequate damages<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6736,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6759,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6155\/revisions\/6759"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}