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Remedy

Meaning in law, with examples

/ˈremədi/nounCommon term

In law, remedy means: The way a court puts right a wrong or protects a right, for example by ordering payment of money, banning an action or requiring a contract to be performed.

In Turkish: hukuki çare, giderim, hukuki koruma yolu

How it is used

Lawyers ask 'What remedies are available?'. The main remedies are damages, injunctions and specific performance. A party 'seeks', 'pursues' or 'is entitled to' a remedy, and contracts may 'limit' or 'exclude' remedies.

Example sentences

  1. Damages may not be an adequate remedy if the confidential data has already been published.

  2. Let's list the remedies available to the client before we write to the other side.

Common collocations

  • seek a remedy
  • available remedies
  • adequate remedy
  • legal remedy
  • exclusive remedy
  • damagesMoney that a court orders one party to pay another as compensation for loss or harm caused by a breach of contract or another legal wrong.
  • injunctionA court order that tells a person or company to stop doing something, or sometimes to do something, often made quickly to prevent serious harm.
  • breachThe act of breaking a law, a contract term or a duty; also used as a verb meaning to break such a rule or promise.
  • judgmentThe final decision of a court in a case, together with the reasons the judge gives for it; also the written document that contains this decision.

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