| punctate |
Having surface covered with small dots
Ãâó: www.indian-ocean.org/bioinformatics/prawns/GIF/GLO...
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| punitive damages |
An award of money in favor of a victim that is intended to punish the wrongdoer and not just to compensate the victim. Also called "exemplary damages." Punitive damages sometimes exceed the amount of actual damages by a factor of two or three times.
Ãâó: www.iciclesoftware.com/vlh7/VLH7Glossary.html
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| punctuation |
the use of marks {full stops, commas, speech marks, dashes, question marks etc) to organise the words and show how they should be read. In The Man He Killed {p42), Hardy uses dashes in stanza IV to suggest the casual way in which men decide to enlist in the army.
Ãâó: www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk/curriculum/english/y11/...
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| punitive damages |
damages awarded separately and in addition to compensatory damages to serve as a punishment for the wrongdoer.
Ãâó: www.patrons.com/html/body_glossary.html
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| punitive damages |
A court awarded amount that exceeds the economic losses and general damages of a defendant and is intended solely to punish the plaintiff because of reckless or malicious acts.
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