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Definition of Excessiveness
1. Noun. Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits.
Generic synonyms: Immoderateness, Immoderation
Specialized synonyms: Extravagance, Extravagancy, Exorbitance, Outrageousness, Embarrassment, Overplus, Plethora, Superfluity
Derivative terms: Excessive, Excessive, Inordinate
Definition of Excessiveness
1. Noun. The property of being excessive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excessiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excessiveness
Literary usage of Excessiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"The following verdict for severe bruises to the chest has been held not to warrant
disturbance by the court upon the ground of excessiveness : -—$200—mine ..."
2. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"... pending has not the power to set aside the verdict on objections not raising
questions of jurisdiction,4 such as inadequacy or excessiveness of damages. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Damages for Personal Injuries Embracing a by Archibald Robinson Watson (1901)
"Doctrine That Excessiveness Alone Not Sufficient to Warrant Judicial Interference.—From
what has foregone, it will be seen that it is true, in a sense, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Measure of Damages: Or, An Inquiry Into the Principles by Theodore Sedgwick (1858)
"... aside verdicts on account of excessiveness of damages—Power of the court
exercised with hesitation and reluctance—Measure of damages a question of law. ..."
5. Digest of Sadler's Pennsylvania Cases: Vols. 1-10, Being Cases Decided by by Sylvester Baker Sadler (1904)
"Where objections to excessiveness must be made, 1: 260. Conditional verdicts in
ejectment, 2: 48. Judgment of appellate court where judgment non ob- stante ..."
6. A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections by Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd, John Bouvier (1846)
"A new trial will not be granted for excessiveness of damages, where the jury ...
A new trial being moved for on account of the excessiveness of the damages, ..."
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