Prejudice
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Prejudging a matter
When a court decides that A is entitled for his life to the income of a fund, "without prejudice" to any question between B and C, who claim adversely to each other the income of the fund after his death, the meaning is, that such question shall not be regarded as in any way determined by. the decision as to A. And, generally, the expression " without prejudice " implies that the consideration of the question to which it refers is postponed to a future time. And the phrase is often used in a lawyer's letter for the purpose of guarding the writer against any thing therein contained being construed as an admission of liability.