Remittitur in United States

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The power of a judge to decrease the amount of an excessive award made by a jury verdict. The award is decreased, with the consent of the plaintiff, as condition for the denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial because of the excessiveness. Remittitur is a means of giving a just award without the expense and trouble of a new trial. See additur (in U.S. law).

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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