Legal Definition and Related Resources of Damnum absque injuria
Meaning of Damnum absque injuria
(Lat. injury without wrong). A wrong done to a man for which the law provides no remedy. Broom, Leg. Max. 1. Damage sustained without the infraction of a legal right. 25 Conn. 265; 103 Ind. 314. Injuria is here to be taken in the sense of “legal injury”; and, where no malice exists, there are many cases of wrong or suffering inflicted upon a man for which the law gives no remedy. 2 Ld. Raym. 595 ; 11 Mees. & W. 755; 11 Pick. (Mass.) 527; 10 Mete. (Mass.) 371. Thus, if the owner of property, in the prudent exercise of his own right of dominion, does acts which cause loss to another, it is dam.num absque injuria. 2 Barb. (N. Y.) 168; 5 Barb. (N. Y.) 79; 10 Mete. (Mass.) 371; 10 Mees. & W. 109. See “Nominal Damages.”
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Damnum absque injuria in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
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.
Note: This legal definition of Damnum absque injuria in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Concept of “Damnum Absque Injuria”
Traditional meaning of damnum absque injuria in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A damage without a [legal] wrong; see Big. Torts, 8th ed. 39. Damnum fatale (fatal damage): unavoidable loss.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Damnum Absque Injuria”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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