Legal Terms

Question 1

Punitive Damages, or exemplary damages.

Answer 1

Damages in order to punish the defendant for outrageous conduct and/or to reform or deter the defendant and others from engaging in conduct simular to that which formed the basis of the lawsuit.

Question 2

Liquidated Damages

Answer 2

Damages whose amount the parties designate during the formation of a contract for the injured party to collect as compensation upon a specific breach.

Question 3

Standard of Review

Answer 3

The criterion by which an appellate court exercising appellate jurisdiction measures the constitutionality of a statute or the propriety of an order, finding, or judgement entered by a lower court.