pretium affectionis

noun

Sentimental value.

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Meanings

noun
  1. lawSentimental value.
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    The greater number of injuries are those which concern property. A pecuniary value can generally be set upon injuries of this sort; though it is not very easy to determine the pretium affectionis, a matter of considerable importance, which the English law, so much made up of clumsiness in one part, and false refinement in another, wholly overlooks.

    1825, James Mill, Jurisprudence

Origin

  1. Latin[Term?]
  2. Englishpretium affectionis

From Latin [Term?].

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