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- phrase law "Loss without injury." This phrase is used in
tort law when one person causesdamage or loss to another for which the latter has noremedy . (For example, opening a burger stand near someone else's may cause them to lose customers, but they will have no legal recourse.)
Etymologies
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Latin
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smrtrthnu commented on the word damnum absque injuria
damage without injury
July 30, 2009