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prayer for relief, in the
lawLaw is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets...
of
civil procedureCivil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits...
, is a portion of a complaint in which the
plaintiffA plaintiff , also known as a claimant or complainant, is the party who initiates a lawsuit before a court...
describes the remedies that the plaintiff seeks from the court. For example, the plaintiff may ask for an award of compensatory damages,
punitive damagesPunitive damages are damages intended to reform or deter the defendant and others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the lawsuit...
, attorney's fees, an
injunctionAn injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order, whereby a party is required to do, or to refrain from doing, certain acts. The party that fails to adhere to the injunction faces civil or criminal penalties and may have to pay damages or accept sanctions for failing to follow the...
to make the defendant stop a certain activity, or all of these. The request for a specific amount of money may be referred to as an ad damnum clause.
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A
prayer for relief, in the
lawLaw is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets...
of
civil procedureCivil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits...
, is a portion of a complaint in which the
plaintiffA plaintiff , also known as a claimant or complainant, is the party who initiates a lawsuit before a court...
describes the remedies that the plaintiff seeks from the court. For example, the plaintiff may ask for an award of compensatory damages,
punitive damagesPunitive damages are damages intended to reform or deter the defendant and others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the lawsuit...
, attorney's fees, an
injunctionAn injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order, whereby a party is required to do, or to refrain from doing, certain acts. The party that fails to adhere to the injunction faces civil or criminal penalties and may have to pay damages or accept sanctions for failing to follow the...
to make the defendant stop a certain activity, or all of these. The request for a specific amount of money may be referred to as an ad damnum clause.