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REMITTITUR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*mit"ti*tur\ (-t?-t?r), n. [L., (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. --Wharton.
 
Legal Dictionary
 
 Definition: The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
 

 

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