Without Prejudice
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A phrase frequently used in connection with admissions, orders, etc. Its general effect is to reserve certain rights which would otherwise be indirectly or impliedly affected. See 20 Wall. (U. S.) 12; 58 Vt. 414.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Without the loss or relinquishment of any right or remedy; without waiver; without liability for contempt upon the renewal of a denied motion or application. See 170 N. Y. 278, 63 N. E. 350; 9 Mont. 399, 24 Pac. 22.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Compromise.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Where an offer or admission is made "without preju-dico," or a motion is denied or a bill in equity dismissed "without prejudice," it is meant as a declaration that no rights or privileges of the party concerned are to be considered as thereby waived or lost except in se far as may be expressly concoded or decided. See Genet v. Delaware & H. Canal Ch, 170 N. Y. 278, 63 N. E. 350; O'Keefe v. Irvington Real Estate Co., 87 Md. 196, 39 Atl. 428; Ray v. Adden, 50 N. H. 84, 9 Am. Rep. 1751 Seamster v. Blackstock, 83 Va. 232, 2 S. F, 36, 5 Ain. St Rep. 262; Taylor v. Slater, 21 R. I. 104, 41 Atl. 1001; Kempton v. Burgess, 136 Mass. 192.