remittitur damnum

from 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. 
    

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