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speculative damages

speculative damages noun: claims made by a plaintiff for losses that may occur in the future, but are highly improbable. They can not be used as a basis for recovery in tort or contract cases.

Noun

speculative damages pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Claims made by a plaintiff for losses that may occur in the future, but are highly improbable. They can not be used as a basis for recovery in tort or contract cases.

Questions about speculative damages

What does speculative damages mean?
Speculative damages means claims made by a plaintiff for losses that may occur in the future, but are highly improbable. They can not be used as a basis for recovery in tort or contract cases.
What part of speech is speculative damages?
Speculative damages is a noun.

Words near speculative damages in the dictionary

  1. speculatist
  2. speculatists
  3. speculative
  4. speculative application
  5. speculative applications
  6. speculative damages
  7. speculative erotica
  8. speculative evolution
  9. speculative fiction
  10. speculative fictions
  11. Speculative Masonry

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