LAWasmallamountthat acourtoflaworderssomeone topayto anotherpersonthat they haveharmed, but not in a way that thecourtconsidersserious:When onepurchaserbackedout, thetraderdid notloseasaleand hereceivedonlynominaldamages.(Definition ofnominal damagesfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofnominal damages
nominal damagesThese are similar to, but different from,nominaldamages(see below), in which no written sum is specified.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The judge found in their favour and awardednominaldamagesof 10.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If no loss has been occasioned by the plaintiff, onlynominaldamageswill be awarded.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nominaldamagesare awarded where a legal wrong has been committed but no consequential loss has been caused.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We have all the facts before us and it is clear that, even on this view, onlynominaldamagescould be recovered.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If conduct be illegal, or, indeed, criminal, it does not necessarily follow that an action in tort fornominaldamageswill lie.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a result,nominaldamageswere awarded in the amount of $1.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They will not recover merelynominaldamages.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If we addnominaldamages, we get no further, as we lose track of what is distinctive about the wrong of violating an injunction.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, there is a place for nominal, arbitrary and token damages to recognise, asnominaldamagesdo in other cases, that damage has been suffered.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/nominal-damages##
