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Wrong, injury and damage
and damage, the word 'wrong' in ordinary legal language means and signifies 'privation of right'. An act is wrongful if it infringes the legal right of another, and 'actionable' means nothing else than that if affords grounds … word 'injury' is used in the same sense of actionable wrong, while 'damage' in contrast with injury means loss or harm occurring in fact whether actionable as injury or not, State of Tripura v. Province of Bengal,
Loss or injury
Matched in: Term Loss or injury
Damnum absque injuri'
Damnum absque injuri', [a loss without a wrongful act). Loss without such injury as would give rise to an action for damages against the offending party.
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Damnum absque injuria
to recompense, Halsbury's Laws of England 12(1), para 802, p. 264. Damnum absque injuri', [a loss without a wrongful act). Loss without such injury as would give rise to an action for damages against the offending party.
Consoritum
for loss of consortium or of the services of the spouse if that loss is caused by any wrongful act such as enticement, slander, assault or negligence, see Jackson v. Watson & Sons, (1909) 2 KB 193;
Mischief
Mischief, whoever with intent to cause of knowing that he is likely to cause, wrongful loss or damage to the public or to any person causes the destruction of any property or any such
Dishonest intention
of the property to which the person so gaining is not legally entitled or to cause loss, by wrongful means, of property to which the person so losing is legally entitled, K.N. Mehra v. State of Rajasthan,
redress
: relief from distress b : a means of obtaining a remedy 2 : compensation (as damages) for wrong or loss re·dress [ri-dres] vt
foreseeability
3d 209 (1971)"] 2 : the doctrine esp. of tort and contract law that liability is limited to losses that are foreseeable see also Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. in the Important Cases section
society
affection, and companionship that family members receive from each other [sought damages for loss of from his wife's wrongful death] compare consortium 2 : a voluntary association of individuals dedicated to common ends [a conservation ] 3
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