Legal Definition and Related Resources of General Damages

These damages are such as the law will presume to be the direct natural or probable consequence of the act complained of. See Myers v Stephens, 43 Cal. Rptr. 420, 233 C.A.2d 184. special damages , on the other hand, are such as the law will not infer from the nature of the act. They do not follow in the ordinary course ; they are exceptional in their character . general damages need not be pleaded while it is necessary to plead special damages. See Pantene v Demos, 375 N.E.2d 480, 59 III. App.3d 328.

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general and special damages in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of general and special damages.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• general and special damages in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• general and special damages in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

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