without prejudice

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

without prejudice

1. (formal) Not affecting nor considering other possibly related issues.
2. (law) Without affecting a legal interest.
3. (law) A term used to allow a statement or proposal in communications, while allowing the party to return to their original position without being impeded by the described statement or proposal.
4. (formal, procedural) Choosing not to take a stance, at least for now, without binding future decisions.
   Example: resolving that a sea snake should be cooked before eating, without prejudice as to whether or not a sea snake will be considered a 'fish'

Antonyms

• with prejudice

Related terms

• terminate with extreme prejudice

Translations

not considering

• Finnish: huomioimatta, ottamatta huomioon

law: not affecting

• Finnish: puuttumatta, koskematta
• Spanish: sin menoscabo

law: allowing return to earlier position

• Finnish: sitoumuksetta

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• German: (+gen.) ^{(please verify)} unbeschadet (de)