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Damnum Infectum

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Roman law. Damage not yet committed, but threatened or impending. A preventive interdict might be obtained to prevent such damage from happening; and it was treated as a quasidelict, because of the imminence of the danger.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Threatened damage.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Roman law. Damage not yet committed, but threatened or impending. A preventive interdict might be obtained to prevent such damage from happening; and it was treated as a quasi-delict, because of the imminence of the danger.

Defined under Damnum in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Roman law. Damage not yet committed, but threatened or impending. A preventive interdict might be obtained to prevent such damage from happening; and it was treated aa a quasi-deliet, because of the imminence of the danger.