direct damages

Legal Definition of direct damages

Noun

1. Damages for a loss that is an natural, immediate, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act.

Related terms

• damages
• actual damages
• aggravated damages
• expectation damages
• punitive damages
• general damages
• liquidated damages
• incidental damages
• consequential damages
• reliance damages
• hedonic damages
• special damages
• unliquidated damages