excessive verdict

excessive verdict
excessive verdict see verdict

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

excessive verdict
n. Term applied to a jury verdict that "shocks the conscience of the court" as being unduly high; generally thought to result from extraneous factors such as bias against the defendant or unusually dramatic facts.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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  • excessive verdict — A verdict which is result of passion or prejudice. Babb v. Murray, 26 Cal.App.2d 153, 79 P.2d 159, 160. The test of whether a verdict is excessive is whether the amount thereof is such to shock the conscience of the court. Scheidegger v. i… …   Black's law dictionary

  • excessive verdict — A verdict which is result of passion or prejudice. Babb v. Murray, 26 Cal.App.2d 153, 79 P.2d 159, 160. The test of whether a verdict is excessive is whether the amount thereof is such to shock the conscience of the court. Scheidegger v. i… …   Black's law dictionary

  • excessive verdict — noun : a verdict considered by the court as awarding shockingly and unreasonably high damages to the plaintiff even assuming that all the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff is true …   Useful english dictionary

  • excessive verdict — See excessive damages …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • verdict — ver·dict / vər dikt/ n [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum ) of Anglo French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus ) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1: the usu. unanimous finding… …   Law dictionary

  • excessive — ex·ces·sive adj: exceeding what is proper, necessary, or normal; specif: being out of proportion to the offense excessive bail Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • excessive damages — An award of damages by verdict which appears to have been given under the influence of passion or prejudice; an award so large as to shock the judicial conscience; an award so out of proportion to the damages proved as to indicate an abuse of the …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • remittitur — re·mit·ti·tur /ri mi tə tər/ n [Latin, it is sent back, remitted, third person singular present indicative passive of remittere to send back, remit] 1 a: a procedure under which a court may order the reduction of an excessive verdict; esp: a… …   Law dictionary

  • remittitur — /ramitatar/ The procedural process by which an excessive verdict of the jury is reduced. Pippen v. Denision, Division of Abex Corp., 66 Mich.App. 664, 239 N.W.2d 704, 710. If money damages awarded by a jury are grossly excessive as a matter of… …   Black's law dictionary

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