特定损害赔偿
特定损害赔偿 英语：special damages 法语：dommages et intérêts pour dépenses spécifiques 德语：Schadensersatz für konkreten bezifferbaren Schaden 意大利语：risarcimento di danni specifici, di spese giá sostenute 西班牙语：daños y perjuicios especificos
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eggshell skull rule
eggshell-skull rule. Torts. The principle that a defendant is liable for a plaintiff’s unforeseeable and uncommon reactions to the defendant’s negligent or intentional act. • Under this rule, for example, if one person negligently scrapes another who turns out to be a hemophiliac, the negligent defendant is liable for the full extent of the plaintiff’s
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malpractice
malpractice (mal-prak-tis). An instance of negligence or incompetence on the part of a professional. • To succeed in a malpractice claim, a plaintiff must also prove proximate cause and damages. — Also termed professional negligence. [Cases: Negligence 321. C.J.S. Negligence § 162.] legal malpractice. A lawyer’s failure to render professional services with the skill, prudence,
inquest
inquest. 1. An inquiry by a coroner or medical examiner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the manner of death of a person who has died under suspicious circumstances, or who has died in prison. — Also termed coroner’s inquest; inquisition after death. [Cases: Coroners 9; Homicide 1110. C.J.S. Coroners and Medical Examiners
damage cleer
damage-cleer (dam-ij kleer), n. [fr. Latin damna clericorum “clerk’s compensation”] Hist. A set fee payable by a plaintiff to the Court of the Common Pleas, King’s Bench, or Exchequer before execution on an award of damages. • The fee — later abolished by statute — was originally a gratuity to the court clerks for preparing
prayer for relief
prayer for relief. A request addressed to the court and appearing at the end of a pleading; esp., a request for specific relief or damages. — Often shortened to prayer. — Also termed demand for relief. See AD DAMNUM CLAUSE. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 680; Pleading 72. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 110–115.] “The prayer for relief.
benefit
benefit, n. 1. Advantage; privilege (the benefit of owning a car). 2. Profit or gain; esp., the consideration that moves to the promisee (a benefit received from the sale). — Also termed legal benefit; legal value. Cf. DETRIMENT(2). death benefit. (usu. pl.) A sum or sums paid to a beneficiary from a life-insurance policy on
damage in law
damage in law 普通法上的损害；损害法定权利 指虽未造成受害人的实际损害〔actual damage〕，但对其法定权利已构成侵害〔infringed〕。受害人仍可据此起诉，要求赔偿。例如，甲未经允许进入乙之土地，尽管并未因之而致乙遭受实际损害，但乙可以对甲提起侵入土地之诉〔trespass〕，要求获得名义上的损害赔偿金〔nominal damages〕。亦称作一般损害〔general damage〕，与实际损害或特定损害〔special damage〕相对。
Rule of Hadley v. Baxendale
Rule of Hadley v. Baxendale 哈德利诉巴克森德案规则根据该项规则，只有当当事人在缔约时已经预料到「特别损失」或「间接损失」〔special or consequential damages〕是违约的可能结果时，才应予以赔偿。(→Hadley v. Baxendale; consequential damages)
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imply
imply, vb. 1. To express or involve indirectly; to suggest (the opinion implies that the court has adopted a stricter standard for upholding punitive-damages awards). Cf. INFER. 2. (Of a court) to impute or impose on equitable or legal grounds (the court implied a contract between the parties). 3. To read into (a document) (citing