Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law: Relinquishment of a part of the damages found by a jury.
- noun The return of a record from the court of review to the lower court for proceedings as specified, as for execution or a new trial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A remission or surrender, --
remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. - noun A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The
reduction by ajudge ofdamages awarded by ajury .
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Yesterday's term was remittitur, which is defined as:
Define That Term #23 2006
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Yesterday's term was remittitur, which is defined as:
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It's called "remittitur," and it's an ancient common law power of judges, who see the actual evidence unfold at trial, to curb the occasional over-enthusiastic jury.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Patrick Malone 2012
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In Minnesota, Judge Michael Davis used a different legal approach called remittitur to lower Jammie Thomas-Rasset's liability from $1.9 million to $2,250 per song.
Ars Technica 2010
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One, called remittitur would have required the RIAA to consent to a reduced verdict, which, obviously, they would not do.
The Consumerist Carey Alexander 2010
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As one of the dissenting justices wrote, the majority's view is "unsupported" by the origins and history of judicial remittitur, which is a judicially created remedy for unreasonably high damages.
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Instead of cutting down the damages through "remittitur"
Ars Technica Nate Anderson 2010
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Instead of cutting down the damages through "remittitur"
Ars Technica Nate Anderson 2010
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Cooley said Espinoza, the supervising judge of the L.A. County Superior Court's criminal division, would not have jurisdiction until after the issuance of a "remittitur," the legal term for an appeal's transmittal of a case back to the trial court.
Variety.com 2010
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The justices claimed that the law limiting damages violated the "separation of power" between the judicial and legislative branches by interfering with the judiciary's right of "remittitur," which is the ability of judges to disregard or reduce the amount of a jury verdict.
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