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Remittitur


Re-mit′ti-tur

(-t?-t?r)
,
Noun.
[L., (it) is remitted.]
(Law)
(a)
A remission or surrender, –
remittitur damnut
being a remission of excess of damages.
(b)
A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.
Wharton.

Definition 2024


remittitur

remittitur

English

Noun

remittitur (plural remittiturs)

  1. (law) The reduction by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.

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Latin

Verb

remittitur

  1. third-person singular present passive indicative of remittō