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TREBLE DAMAGES Definition & Legal Meaning

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In practice. Damages given by statute in certain cases, con- sisting of the single damages found by the TREBUCKET 1171 TRESVIRI jury, actually tripled In amount The usual practice has been for the jury to fiud the single amount of the damages, and for the court, ou motion, to order that amount to be trebled. 2 Tidd, Pr. 893, 894.

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