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gain-based damages

noun

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

An award measured by the benefit the defendant derived from the wrong rather than the harm suffered by the claimant.

Where the loss is negligible, gain-based damages let us strip out the advantage the trespass gave him.

Similar: restitutionary damages

Topic: Tort in Legal English

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