Unliquidated Claim, Unliquidated Damages

UNLIQUIDATED CLAIM - A claim is unliquidated when the amount of it cannot be mathematically calculated, or if it subject to a contingency.

UNLIQUIDATED DAMAGES - Such damages, as are unascertained. In general such damages cannot be set-off. No interest will be allowed on unliquidated damages.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.