When a Court orders that any profits made from wrongdoing be paid over to the victim, this is known as
A) statutory damages.
B) punitive damages.
C) an accounting.
D) compensatory damages.
E) an injunction.

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An accounting is a legal remedy used to require a defendant to turn over profits made from some form of wrongdoing to the plaintiff. This is often used in cases of breach of fiduciary duty, intellectual property infringement, or theft of trade secrets, where the exact amount of profit made from the wrongful act can be difficult to determine.

When a Court Orders That Any Profits Made from Wrongdoing