Question

"in the civil case jane doe v. john deer, the judge learns that the jury was swayed by the fact that jane doe was a woman. the jury entered its verdict in her favor. owing to this, the judge reduces the damages awarded to jane by $20,000. this act is called ________."

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: remittitur

remittitur refers to the act of lowering the punishment that is imposed by the juries during a trial case. Remittur tend to happen because one of two possibilities. The first one is that the defendant is not possess enough wealth to pay the fine, the second one is when the damage that being done by defendant's action is lower than the punishment.