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Law/Patents - Law (general) / Legal | | Dutch term or phrase: dwangsom | | This is the amount (for approximately 1000 euros) that one who has been ordered by the court has to pay every day. What is the legal term in English for this. The dictionary gives astrainte, but American judges don't know this term. |
|  JANOS SAMUKudoZ activityQuestions: 153 (none open) ( 4 closed without grading) Answers: 1971
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| | penalty or damages | Explanation:
Van Dale gives penalty/damages (imposed on a daily basis in case of non-compliance.
Liquidated damages.
(a) In addition to all other rights and powers pertaining to the city by virtue of this chapter, the city reserves the right to impose liquidated damages as set forth below in the event that any grantee fails, refuses or neglects to comply with or otherwise violates any material requirement or limitation contained in this chapter, a franchise or franchise renewal granted pursuant to it, or any material rule or regulation of the city or city manager validly adopted pursuant to this chapter where such violation, failure, refusal or neglect relates to or arises out of any of the following:
(1) Failure to complete system improvements in accordance with any agreement or ordinance of the city unless the council specifically approved the delay by motion or resolution, due to the occurrence of conditions beyond grantee's control; |
| Selected response from:
 Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Local time: 12:53
| Grading comment Thank you very much to everybody. Actually from references and from the rest of the text it turned out to be identical with liquidated damages.
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