Definition of Solatium

1. n. Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.

Definition of Solatium

1. Noun. (legal) A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm ¹

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Definition of Solatium

1. a compensation given for damage to the feelings [n -TIA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solatium

solars
solartype
solary
solas
solasonine
solastalgia
solastalgias
solasulfone
solate
solated
solates
solatia
solating
solation
solations
solatium (current term)
solauricidine
solauricine
sold
sold-out
sold-out(a)
sold past the close
soldado
soldados
soldan
soldanel
soldanella
soldanrie
soldanries
soldans

Literary usage of Solatium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook on the Law of Damages by William Benjamin Hale, Roger William Cooley (1912)
"With these exceptions, the states impose no limit.25 NO DAMAGES FOR solatium • 132. Damages cannot be recovered as a solatium for wounded feelings. ..."

2. The Southern Law Review by William S. Hein & Company (1880)
"... Not a solatium. — It has been almost universally held that the principle under which damages are to be assessed under the statute is that of pecuniary ..."

3. A Treatise on the Federal Employers' Liability and Safety Appliance Acts by William Wheeler Thornton (1909)
"Damages by way of solatium.—Damages cannot be allowed by way of solatium for the grief and wounded feelings of the beneficiaries. ™ § 91. ..."

4. Publications by English Historical Society (1841)
"mus, quod ipse in omnibus necessitatibus de- AD 1216. beat esse brachium, solatium in ... solatium ..."

5. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"Bankrupt — Action by — Sist of Trustee—solatium—Vesting of Estate.—A bankrupt discharged, but not reinvested in the estate, sued his former law agents for ..."

6. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1902)
"solatium Lycopersicum L. The common tomato should be included in the Conn. Flora. It is not rare as an escape on shores. Last August many plants were ..."

7. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"... Ont. to NH, Mass, and NJ Adv. from the west.—Pennsylvania : SUSQUEHANNA ¡ LANCASTER ; PHILADELPHIA. 4. solatium Dulcamara ],. NIGHTSHADE. BITTERSWEET. ..."

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