Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Additur

[Latin "it is added to"] A trial court's order, issued usu. with the defendant's consent, that increases the damages awarded by the jury to avoid a new trial on grounds of inadequate damages. The term may also refer to the increase itself, the procedure, or the court's power to make the order. - Also termed increscitur. Cf. REMITTITUR.

Quicquid demonstratae rei additur satis demonstratae frustra est

Whatever is added to the description of a thing already sufficiently described is of no effect.

Quod demonstrandi causa additur rei satin demonstratae, frustra fit

What is added for the sake of demonstration to a thing sufficiently demonstrated is done to no purpose.