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Damnum absque injuria
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Damage
Damage, Any loss, whether actionable as an injury or not. See DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA. The expression 'damage' is not necessarily confined to physical damage. Ordinarily damage is caused by physical contact of
Light
the access of the sun's rays to one's windows free from any obstruction exists at Common Law (see DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA) but by virtue of the (English) Prescription Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 71), uninterrupted enjoyment
Support
not extend to support by underground percolating waters; abstracting these so as to let down the surface is damnum absque injuria: see Acton v. Burnell, (1843) 12 M&W 324. The word 'support' will have to mean sustenance or maintenance,
Ubi jus, ibi idem remedium
Co. Litt. 197 b.-(Where there is a right there is a remedy.) See Broom's Leg. Max.; CASE; also DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA.
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