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damnum
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[Latin, Damage.] The loss or reduction in the value of property, life, or health of an individual as a consequence of Fraud, carelessness, or accident.

The phrase ad damnum, "to the damage," is the name of a clause in a complaint that states the damages for which the individual seeks judicial relief.

See also: detriment, harm, injury, loss, mischief
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Damna tamen celeres reparant caelestia lunaei nos ubi decidimus quo pius Aeneas, quo Tullus dives et Ancus, pulvis et umbra sumus.
"Pulvis et umbra sumus" Horace in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises by Calloway, Katherine / The Hemingway Review
Proteus tua damna levabit, quoque modo repares quae periere, dabit, decipiat ne te versis tamen ille figuris, impediant geminas vincula firma manus.
Placement, gender, pedagogy: Virgil's fourth Georgic in print * by Wallace, Andrew / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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