[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

damage \dam"age\ da^m"aslj; 48, n. of. damage, domage, f.
   dommage, fr. assumed ll. damnaticum, from l. damnum damage.
   see damn.
   1. injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an
      inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
      1913 webster

            he that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
            cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --prov.
                                                  xxvi. 6.
      1913 webster

            great errors and absurdities many commit for want of
            a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage
            both of their fame and fortune.       --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. pl. law the estimated reparation in money for detriment
      or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or
      satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually
      done to him by another.
      1913 webster

   note: in common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges
         of damages.
         1913 webster

   consequential damage. see under consequential.

   exemplary damages law, damages imposed by way of example
      to others. similar in purpose to vindictive damages,
      below.

   nominal damages law, those given for a violation of a
      right where no actual loss has accrued.

   vindictive damages or punitive damages, those given
      specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.

   syn: mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. see
        mischief.
        1913 webster
see also:
damn consequential damage consequential exemplary damages vindictive damages nominal damages 
punitive damages mischief 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nominal damages
     n : law a trivial sum usually $1.00 awarded as recognition
         that a legal injury was sustained as for technical
         violations of a contract

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