What is damnum sine injuria?

Answer 1

The term "damnum sine injuria" is more properly stated "damnum sine injuria esse potest". It means "There may be an injury inflicted without any act of injustice." There is another term like it that is "damnum absque injuria", which means damage or harm without an injury in the legal sense. In other words a loss or injury to someone which does not give that person a right to sue the person causing the loss.

Answer 2

* * * * * Actually, the phrase is "damnum sine injuria". * * * * *

Injuria sine damnum is a latin term translating to "Injury without Damage". It simply means that someone caused damage to someone else but did not cause injury.

An example would be:

A flower shop recently opened next to another flower shop that had been there since the 1930's. As a result of the newer flower shop, the older shop loss customers and profit which resulted in them going out of business. While the other new flower damaged the old flower shops business, they did not in fact cause injury.