1) Legal terminology
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n. 1) a judge's order reducing a judgment awarded by a jury when the award exceeds the amount asked for by the plaintiff (person who brought the suit). 2) an appeal's transmittal of a case back to the trial court so that the case can be retried, or an order entered consistent with the appeals court's decision (such as dismissing the plaintiff's cas...
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A remittitur is a ruling by a judge (usually upon motion to reduce or throw out a jury verdict) lowering the amount of damages granted by a jury in a civil case. Usually, this is because the amount awarded exceeded the amount demanded. The term is sometimes used for a reduction in awarded damages even when the amount awarded did not exceed the amo...
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The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
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act of sending case from appellate court back to trial court
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• (n.) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. • (n.) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.
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(n) Remttitur is the order by which a judge limits the scope of the order issued by a jury or lower court to the extend of the prayers or requests made by the plaintiff. For example when a plaintiff asks for interest @3% and the jury awards interest based on the rules existing which is at a higher rate than demanded by the plaintiff, a remittitur c...
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Re·mit'ti·tur noun [ Latin , (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.
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legal process by which an appellate court transmits to the court below the proceedings before it, together with its decision, for such further action and entry of judgment as is required by the decision of the appellate court
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