The reduction of damages by order of court.
Definition of Abridgment Of Damages
Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd EditionThe right of the court to reduce the damages in certain cases. Vide Brooke, tit. "Abridgment."