treble damages
| Noun | 1. | treble damages - three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to |
| 单词 | treble damages | |||
| 释义 | treble damages
Treble DamagesTreble DamagesA recovery of three times the amount of actual financial losses suffered which is provided by statute for certain kinds of cases. The statute authorizing treble damages directs the judge to multiply by three the amount of monetary damages awarded by the jury in those cases and to give judgment to the plaintiff in that tripled amount. The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C.A. § 12 et seq.), for example, directs that treble damages be awarded for violations of antitrust laws. treble damagesn. tripling damages allowed by state statute in certain types of cases, such as not making good on a bad check or intentionally refusing to pay rent. Federal anti-trust violations also carry treble damage penalties. (See: damages) TREBLE DAMAGES, remedies. In actions arising ex contractu some statutes give treble damages; and these statutes have been liberally construed to mean actually treble damages; for example, if the jury give twenty dollars damages for a forcible entry the court will award forty dollars more, so as to make the total amount of damages sixty dollars. 4 B. & C. 154; McClell. Rep. 567. treble damagestreble damagesA court award of damages in an amount three times greater than some proven value such as actual damages. It is intended as a punishment to a wrongdoer. Most government regulations that grant to the public the right to sue if there is a violation also grant the right to receive treble damages. treble damages
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