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third-person singular simple present indicative of damage examples
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(law) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same. quotations examples
The WTO dispute settlement mechanism is characterized by weaknesses such as non-retroactive damages.
2020, Anu Bradford, “8. Is the Brussels Effect Beneficial?”, in The Brussels Effect. How the European Union Rules the World, Oxford University Press, page 260