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Additur
UK
/ˈæd.ɪ.tʃʊə/
US
/ˈæd.ɪ.tʃɚ/
Translation of "additur" into Russian
additur
Noun
UK
/ˈæd.ɪ.tʃʊə/
US
/ˈæd.ɪ.tʃɚ/
additur
additurs pl
аддитур
The judge granted an additur to increase the damages awarded to the plaintiff.
Судья предоставил аддитур для увеличения суммы ущерба, присужденного истцу.
Definitions
additur
Noun
UK
/ˈæd.ɪ.tʃʊə/
US
/ˈæd.ɪ.tʃɚ/
The discretionary power of a trial court to increase the amount of damages awarded by a jury that it deems unreasonably low, usually conditioned on the defendant's consent to the higher judgment (contrast remittitur).
Finding the jury's award inadequate, the judge exercised additur to raise the damages from $10,000 to $50,000.
The sum or amount by which a jury's damages award is so increased.
The additur brought the total judgment to a figure that better reflected the plaintiff's medical expenses.