in Law, is generally understood of a hurt or hinderance attending a person's estate; but, in common law, it is a part of what the jurors are to inquire of in giving verdict for the plaintiff or defendant in a civil action, whether real or personal; for after giving verdict on the principal cause, they are likewise asked their consciences touching costs and damages, which contain the hinderances that one party hath suffered from the wrong done him by the other. See Costs.