Definition of sort for Students. 1  1 : a group of persons or things that have something in common : kind all sorts of people. 2  2 : person 1, individual He was not a bad sort. 3  3 : general disposition : nature people of an evil sort.
Punitive Damages Definition: Special and highly exceptional damages ordered by a court against a defendant where the act or omission which caused the suit, was of a particularly heinous, malicious or highhanded nature.
Although the power to award punitive damages is from procedural law, once awarded by the arbitrators, such award of punitive damages becomes. part of the merit of the final award, thus not subject to court re-evaluation. In international arbitration, misapplication of law is not a ground for non-. enforcement.