Remittitur

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  • n. The reduction by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages.
  • n. A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In law: Relinquishment of a part of the damages found by a jury.
  • n. The return of a record from the court of review to the lower court for proceedings as specified, as for execution or a new trial.
    • Word Usage
    "It's called "remittitur," and it's an ancient common law power of judges, who see the actual evidence unfold at trial, to curb the occasional over-enthusiastic jury."
    Cross Reference
    additur   
    Hyponym
    remittitur damnut   
     
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