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pain and suf·fer·ing

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  1. pain and sufferingnoun

    A species of damages that one may recover for physical or mental pain that results from a wrong done.

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  1. Pain and suffering

    Pain and suffering is the legal term for the physical and emotional stress caused from an injury. Some damages that might be under this category would be: aches, temporary and permanent limitations on activity, potential shortening of life, depression or scarring. When filing a lawsuit as a result of an injury, it is common for someone to seek money both in compensation for actual money that is lost and for the pain and stress associated with virtually any injury. In a suit, pain and suffering is part of the "general damages" section of the claimant's claim, or, alternatively, it is an element of "compensatory" non-economic damages that allows recovery for the mental anguish and/or physical pain endured by the claimant as a result of injury for which the plaintiff seeks redress. Apart from money damages awarded in trial, money damages are also given informally outside the judicial system in mediations, arbitration as well as in routine insurance settlements. Individual claimants or those represented by lawyers often present demands to insurers to settle for money. These demand for bodily injury compensation monies often set out damages that are similarly used in the court litigated pleadings. Demands are usually written summaries of a claimant's medical care and the facts which resulted in the injury.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pain and suffering in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pain and suffering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of pain and suffering in a Sentence

  1. Brad Rigby:

    He had the opportunity to make the right decision and tell the truth, but he went in a different direction and he abused honor and he abused trust, he chose to inflict more pain and suffering to the Grinsteads on that day.

  2. Kerenga Kua:

    It's about weighing it between the nervousness of the investors and the pain and suffering of our own people ... by consultation you will be able to test the threshold of tolerance and then find that balance.

  3. Rene Anand:

    It not only looks like the developing brain, its diverse cell types express nearly all genes like a brain, we’ve struggled for a long time trying to solve complex brain disease problems that cause tremendous pain and suffering. The power of this brain model bodes very well for human health because it gives us better and more relevant options to test and develop therapeutics other than rodents. Rene Anand, who began his quest four years ago, studies the association between nicotinic receptors and central nervous system disorders. He’s hopeful that the lab-grown brain will provide ethical and more rapid and accurate testing of experimental drugs before the clinical trial stage.

  4. Chris Pratt:

    America’s exceptional armed forces have altered the course of the world for the better. From the Union Army defeating slave owning confederates, to the Greatest Generation and her Allies vanquishing the Nazis or our special operators hunting down the perpetrators of 9/11. We count the names of each fallen solider lest they be countless. They are the good guys. They run to the sound of gunfire. They know pain and suffering we never will.

  5. Walter Wallace Sr.:

    This mayor, hes a coward. Any kind of man for the people, he would come down here ... come down here and talk to you, that aint his kid. He dont got to bury nobody. He dont know what pain and suffering is.


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