pain and suffering

pain and suffering definition - legal

n

Compensable results, whether physical or mental, from a wrong either suffered or committed. The loss of the ability to work due to emotional suffering, mental suffering, or physical pain are all appropriate elements of damage.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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