Practice question
A court establishes that a person's property right was unlawfully invaded, but no compensable financial loss is established. Which damages category specifically serves recognition of that violated right?
- Nominal damages
- Only a fixed loan interest charge
- Automatic double actual damages
- A penalty invented by the claimant
- No damages category can ever recognize a right
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 2216 and 2221–2223: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Paulino v. Sutherland Global Services, GR 262564, August 6, 2025, main decision, vindicatory nominal damages: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70181
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