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Damnum absque injuria

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Damnum Absque Injuria definition:
Latin: harm absent a wrong.
Also presented as damnum sine injuria.
A loss, damages or injury suffered from which there is no legal cause of action.

 


Damnum Absque Injuria
latin phrase for "damage done without injury". In legal terms it describes damage incurred by one party because of someone's actions but without any malafide intention; neither is the damage legally curative! eg.

DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA - A loss or damage without injury.
There are cases when the act of one man may cause a damage or loss to another, but for which the latter has no remedy. He is then said to have received damnum absque injuria.

Damnum absque injuria. A loss without injury: deprivation without legal injury; a loss for which the law provides no remedy. Opposed, injuria absque damno: injury without legal damage.

Damnum absque injuria
Definition -
[Late Latin, loss without unlawful conduct]
: a loss for which the law provides no means of recovery
compare injuria absque damno ...

Damnum Absque Injuria
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