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provisional damages

noun

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

An award made now on the assumption a feared deterioration will not occur, leaving the claimant free to return for more if it does.

We took provisional damages so that, if the epilepsy develops, he can come back for a further sum.

Similar: contingent award

Topic: Tort in Legal English

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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