Scaled
/skæld/
Definitions
- (adj.) Adjusted or measured according to a particular scale or proportion, often in legal contexts involving damages, fees, or valuations.
The court awarded scaled damages based on the extent of the plaintiff's loss.
- (v.) Past tense and past participle of scale, meaning to remove scales or to adjust according to a scale.
The expert witness scaled the valuation to reflect market conditions.
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In legal usage, 'scaled' often relates to proportional adjustments, especially in financial or damage assessments. As a verb form, it is linked to the base verb 'scale' and does not require separate definitional treatment.
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