interest as damages

Interest allowed by law in the absence of a promise to pay it, as compensation for a delay in paying a fixed sum or a delay in assessing and paying damages. Cf. conventional interest.

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资深译员大智，毕业于美国一流的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与复杂诉讼有关的法律文件。