Damnum Absque Injuria

Lat. A loss without a wrong; that kind of damage for which an action will not lie. Vmu •mm» dsmiMBA ladacit ia Jvr UiBi. It is not every loss that produces an injury. Bract, fol.

45 b.

If a man commence a business, sets up a trade, or opens a school in a particular place, another may do the same thing in the same place, though he draw away the business or the scholars from the other; for though it be a loss {damnum) to the latter, it is not coupled with such an injury (injuria) as to give a right of action.

Holt, C. J., 3 Salk. 10. 3 Ml Cam. 219, 126, 224. 3 Steph, Cam. 466. 1 Smith's Lead. Cas. 131. Broom's Max. 93.

Bract. fol.

236.

See Injuria. The kind of loss for which an action lies is called by Bracton damnum injuriomm, {injurious damage), -firoc^ fol.

221,231 b.