remittitur damnum

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remittitur damnum - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  REMITTITUR DAMNUM, or DAMNA, practice. The act of the plaintiff upon the 
  record, whereby he abates or remits the excess of damages found by the jury 
  beyond the sum laid in the declaration. See 1 Saund. 285, n. 6; 4 Conn. 109; 
  Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.