damnum absque injuria
Meanings
noun
- When one person causes damage or loss to another for which the latter has no remedy. (For example, opening a burger stand near someone else's may cause them to lose customers, but they will have no legal recourse.)
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin damnum absque injuria (“loss without injury”).
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