' Taking this custom into account, the Magistrates Court held that the word damages' should be interpreted as including punitive or exemplary damages as well as compensatory damages.

Of course, exemplary and punitive damages in order to discourage conduct inimical to society do exist in the statute books.

They should not be used in a vexatious or punitive manner.

At common law, damages are categorized into compensatory (or actual) damages, and punitive damages.

The concept of best or successful practices is widely used to distinguish exemplary or improved performance in organizations.

We are convinced that there are moments when exemplary civic engagement, such as Liu s, requires an exemplary response.

These punitive policies are self defeating.

Some of the new policies seem exemplary.

And indeed you possess an exemplary character .

China has an exemplary record in this area.

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From that standpoint, the Israel Palestine conflict is exemplary.

Sanctions should not be applied as a punitive measure or used as a means of ousting the legitimate authorities of a Member State.

The punitive measures for prostitution related offences have increased in severity.

5.3 States shall prohibit forced eviction, demolition of houses and destruction of agricultural areas and the arbitrary confiscation or expropriation of land as a punitive measure or as a means or method of war.

His skill as a builder of consensus has indeed been exemplary.

I would like to publicly recognize this exemplary case of African leadership.

Specific preventive and punitive measures are necessary to overcome trafficking and sexual exploitation.

She is an exemplary model for women, educated people and activists in Syria.

The independent expert welcomes the exemplary and successful completion of the election process.

As for the thief male or female cut off the hands of both . This is a recompense for what they have done , and an exemplary punishment from Allah .

Legal and punitive measures cannot be totally successful unless the attitudes of society change.

The following year, he won the Parents Without Partners Exemplary Service Award for 1972.

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first transgression .

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first transgression .

For showing exemplary courage, thousands of representatives of Kyrgyzstan were awarded high State honours.

Developments in Burundi over the past two years have often been cited as exemplary.

A recent Congressional bill has called for imposing a 27.5 punitive tariff on Chinese imports.

Turkey is already enforcing a punitive economic embargo on Armenia, including closure of its border.

The reason for this is that it appears as a provision of a punitive character.

So God seized him with an exemplary punishment , in the last and in the first .

So God seized him with an exemplary punishment , in the last and in the first .

The cooperation of New Zealand with respect to Tokelau is exemplary as it is encouraging.

When some in the world called for sanctions and punitive action, South Korea pushed for dialogue.

She wondered whether a study had been conducted on the root causes of violence and sought information on rehabilitation or punitive programmes for the perpetrators and court decisions in that regard.

Abraham was an exemplary leader , devoted to God , a monotheist , and was not of the polytheists .

The independent expert expresses his appreciation for the exemplary and successful completion of the election process.

By Tuesday he had to reverse himself and provide an 85billion loan to AIG on punitive terms.

Those extensions were based not on objective but on military criteria and were both punitive and discriminatory.

As for the thief , man or woman , cut off their hands as a requital for what they have earned . That is an exemplary punishment from Allah , and Allah is all mighty , all wise .

The United States and others are substituting high rhetoric and symbolic punitive action for real action on Syria.

When possible, legislation criminalizing abortion could be amended to remove punitive provisions imposed on women who undergo abortion.

The competent authorities, educational institutions, and other legal agents will ensure effective mechanisms in protection against discrimination and sexual harassment and will not take any disciplinary or other punitive measures against that person because of the fact that he or she complained about discrimination, harassment, or sexual harassment, or testified about discrimination, harassment, or sexual harassment.

February 17 Sino Vietnamese War, China launches a punitive attack on North Vietnam to punish it for invading Cambodia.

They stress that most current juvenile justice systems are more punitive rather than corrective, which is detrimental to rehabilitation.