Etymology

injuria sine damno

Today it means: A legal wrong that causes no actual damage or injury to anyone. Full definition →

Latin injūria
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  1. Latin · derived frominjūria“injury”
  2. English todayinjuria sine damno

From Latin injūria (“injury”) + sine (“without”) + damnō, ablative singular of damnum (“financial or property loss”). Literally meaning "injury without financial loss".

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