Terms Used In Iowa Code 643.16

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
 The jury must assess the value of the property and the damages for the taking or detention thereof, whenever by their verdict there will be a judgment for the recovery or the return of the property, and, when required so to do by either party, must find the value of each article, and find which is entitled to the possession, designating the party’s right therein, and the value of such right.