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n.A remedy that provides complete and appropriate relief.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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n. A legal remedy, usually an award of money, that provides sufficient compensation to the plaintiff, thereby making equitable relief, such as specific performance, unavailable.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Sufficient compensation by way of monetary damages.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
- adequate remedy at law
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Sufficient compensation by way of monetary damages.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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