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Article 2216Other Kinds of Damages
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No proof of pecuniary loss is necessary in
order that moral, nominal, temperate, liquidated or
exemplary damages, may be adjudicated. The
assessment of such damages, except liquidated ones, is
left to the discretion of the court, according to the
circumstances of each case.
SECTION 1 Moral Damages
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