nominal damages

Definitions of nominal damages
  1. noun
    (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)
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    type of:
    amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution
    a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
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