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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, a loss, damage, or harm, irrespective of whether the cause is a legal wrong or not.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (law) Harm; detriment, either to character or property.

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  • noun law harm; detriment

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