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{{a|contract|}}In which a court becomes unusually censorious, and departs from its usual role of merely ''compensating'' victims of civil wrongdoing, and proactively ''punishes'' a wrongdoer for its naughtiness, independently of any compensatable loss it has caused. Not to be confused with [[aggravated damages]] or [[consequential loss]]. | {{a|contract| | ||
[[File:Naughty.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A candidate for [[exemplary damages]], yesterday.]] | |||
}}In which a court becomes unusually censorious, and departs from its usual role of merely ''compensating'' victims of civil wrongdoing, and proactively ''punishes'' a wrongdoer for its naughtiness, independently of any compensatable loss it has caused. Not to be confused with [[aggravated damages]] or [[consequential loss]]. | |||
{{Punitive damages capsule}} | {{Punitive damages capsule}} | ||