without prejudice

English

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Prepositional phrase

without prejudice

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without,‎ prejudice.

   without bias or prejudice

   • 1957 July, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Six Decades of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 471:

     In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed.

2. (formal) Not affecting nor considering other possibly related issues.
3. (law) Without affecting a legal interest.
4. Without binding future decisions or requiring a certain position to be taken in the future; (law) 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.

   The court granted temporary custody to the mother, without prejudice as to the father's right to seek permanent custody at a later hearing.

   When attempting to settle a lawsuit, the parties generally communicate on a "without prejudice" basis.

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

without binding future decisions or positions

• Finnish: sitoumuksetta

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