cross-undertaking in damages

A court will in most cases require an applicant to give the cross-undertaking in damages prior to granting interim relief. In effect, the undertaking means that the applicant will be required to pay the damage caused to the defendant arising from the grant of the interim injunction, if it eventuates that the injunction should not have been ordered in the first place.

Usage: The applicant gave the cross-undertaking in damages to the court in order to obtain an order for a interim injunction.

Related Words: injunction.