in Scots law, the sum of money claimed by way of non-patrimonial damages for pain and suffering in delictual claims. Similar awards are made for breach of contract but on different principles.
272, 278-79 (1877) ("[T]he purpose and result of the [wrongful death statute] were not a mere solatium to the wounded feelings of surviving relations, nor compensation for the last earnings of the slain.
In August 2016, the traditional owners of Timber Creek in the Northern Territory, the Ngaliwurru and Nungali peoples, were awarded more than $3.3 million for the loss of their native title rights; $1.3 million of this award was a solatium payment, that is, compensation for hurt arising from damage caused by the loss of connection to the land.
The majority of the discussion concentrates on De naturis rerum, Laus sapientie divinie, and the Suppletio defectuum, but sections on his Solatium fdelis anime, Commentary on Martianus Cappella, and Sermon 37 of his unedited sermon collection are included.
The court awarded compensatory damages consisting in relation to "pain and suffering, loss of prospective income, medical expenses, and solatium damages." Id.