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restitutionary damages

noun

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

An award reversing a transfer of value from claimant to defendant, restoring what the defendant unjustly gained.

Restitutionary damages here strip the benefit he obtained by using our client's land without consent.

Similar: gain-based damages

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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