damages in lieu of an injunction
C2CEFR level
82/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
A monetary award granted in equity as a substitute for restraining or compelling conduct.
Because an injunction would have been oppressive, the court awarded damages in lieu of an injunction for the trifling encroachment.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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