'Sometimes it happens that the legal right of a person is violated but he does not suffer any harm.'…
Where a legal right is violated but no actual loss results, the maxim "Injuria sine damno" applies (as in Ashby v. White), the infringement itself being actionable; "Damnum…
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'Sometimes it happens that the legal right of a person is violated but he does not suffer any harm.' From which one of the following maxim we can attribute it?
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Where a legal right is violated but no actual loss results, the maxim "Injuria sine damno" applies (as in Ashby v. White), the infringement itself being actionable; "Damnum sine injuria" is the reverse situation of loss without legal injury.
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