| 单词 | to respond in damages |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto respond in damages b. intransitive. To satisfy the terms of a judgment, esp. by paying damages. Chiefly in to respond in damages. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone [verb (intransitive)] abyelOE amendc1330 to make or do asseth1340 to make a seth(e1387 make amends and sethec1420 satisfyc1425 byec1440 to do or make greec1492 syth1513 reconcile1539 respond1789 repair1886 1789 E. Kirby Rep. Superior Court Connecticut 67 The defendant who procured it, with a wicked intention, was guilty of a trespass, and must be liable to respond in damages. 1834 D. Graham Ess. New Trials xii. 454 The parties provide a penalty, not as liquidated damages, but denoting the extent to which they are, in any event, to respond in damages. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The defendant is held to respond in damages. 1902 F. R. Mechem Cases Law of Damages (ed. 3) xi. 481/2 The carrier is to respond, in case of breach, for special and exceptional damages. 1999 D. I. Small et al. Going to Trial (new ed.) viii. 129 Company liable for excess for failure to settle..where individual defendant unable to respond in damages. < as lemmas |
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