LEGAL WORD

Remoteness of damage

Legal term · Torts and contract

Remoteness of damage

  • Type: Legal term
  • Area of law: Torts and contract

1 What it means

Only damage that is not too remote from the wrong can be recovered.

2 Use it in a sentence

Loss of a rare business deal was too remote to be recovered.

3 Make it stick

Write your own sentence using Remoteness of damage about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.

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