Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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earning capacity
A person's ability or power to earn money, given the person's talent, skills, training, and experience. s Earning capacity is one element considered when measuring the damages recoverable in a personal-injury lawsuit. And in family law, earning capacity is considered when awarding child support and spousal maintenance (or alimony) and in dividing property between spouses upon divorce. -Also termed earning power. See LOST EARNING CAPACITY.
lost earning capacity
A person's diminished earning power resulting from an injury. * This impairment is recoverable as an element of damages in a tort action. Cf. lost earnings under EARNINGS. "To some extent the phrases loss of earnings' and loss of earning capacity' are used interchangeably. But the preferred view is that they are different concepts. The former covers real loss which can be proved at the trial; the latter covers loss of the chances of getting equivalent work in the future."