without prejudice
prep_phrase1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without, prejudice.
- without bias or prejudice
- 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.1957 July 23, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Six Decades of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 471:
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Formal Not affecting nor considering other possibly related issues.
- It is to be hoped that the final scheme will satisfy all interests—preserving some of old Euston's magnificence but without prejudice to the progress of modernisation.1960 March 23, “Doric Arch and Great Hall at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 148:
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Law Without affecting a legal interest.
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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