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Term Definition
Compensatory Damages
- money awarded to an injured party to make up for the injury.
Application in Divorce
Divorce actions normally do not include
damages
. But compensation one spouses received as part of a settlement in a personal injury lawsuit may be divisible upon divorce.
Nationwide
separate property
.
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