detriment

detriment
det·ri·ment /'de-trə-mənt/ n
1: injury loss; also: the cause of an injury or loss
2: a giving up of a thing or mode of conduct to which one is entitled that constitutes consideration for a contract – called also legal detriment;
det·ri·men·tal /ˌde-trə-'men-təl/ adj
det·ri·men·tal·ly adv

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

detriment
I noun adulteration, adversity, affliction, aggravation, atrophy, bane, bedevilment, blemish, blow, collapse, contamination, corrosion, corruption, cost, crippling, damage, damnum, decadence, decay, deformation, degeneration, demolishment, deprivation, destruction, deterioration, detraction, detrimentum, dilapidation, disability, disablement, disadvantage, disintegration, disorder, disturbance, erosion, evil, forfeit, forfeiture, handicap, hardship, harm, hurt, impairment, impotence, inadequacy, inadvisability, incommodum, inconvenience, ineffectualness, inefficiency, inexpedience, inexpediency, injuriousness, injury, insufficiency, laming, liability, loss, misfortune, mutilation, obstacle, poisoning, pollution, prejudice, privation, ruin, ruination, undesirability, undoing, unprofitability, weakness associated concepts: legal detriment II index damage, disadvantage, disservice, expense (sacrifice), handicap, harm, hindrance, impairment (damage), impairment (drawback), injury, mischief, prejudice (injury)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


detriment
Any loss or harm to a person or property; relinquishment of a legal right, benefit, or something of value.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


detriment
Any loss or harm to a person or property; relinquishment of a legal right, benefit, or something of value.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • détriment — [ detrimɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1236; lat. detrimentum, de deterere → détritus ♦ Vx Dommage, préjudice, tort. ♢ Mod. À (mon, son...) DÉTRIMENT; AU DÉTRIMENT DE : au désavantage, au préjudice de. « Comme Antipas jurait qu il ferait tout pour l Empereur,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • detriment — DETRIMÉNT s.n. (În loc. prep.) În detrimentul (cuiva sau a ceva) = în dauna, în paguba (cuiva sau a ceva). – Din fr. détriment, lat. detrimentum Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 16.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  detrimént s. n. (sil. tri ) Trimis de siveco,… …   Dicționar Român

  • détriment — DÉTRIMENT. s. mas. Dommage, préjudice. Grand détriment. Notable détriment. Cela va, cela tourne au détriment du public. Causer, recevoir un notable détriment. Cela va au détriment de sa bourse.Détriment, en termes d Histoire Naturelle, se prend… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • detriment — DETRIMENT. s. m. Dommage. Grand detriment. notable detriment. cela va, cela tourne au detriment du public. causer, recevoir un notable detriment …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Detriment — may refer to: detriment (astrology) detriment (law), an element the benefit detriment theory of consideration in contract law This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here …   Wikipedia

  • detriment — Detriment, Detrimentum. Recevoir detriment, ou perte et dommage, Detrimentum capere, vel facere. Faire detriment et porter dommage, Detrimentum afferre vel inferre, vel iniungere alicui …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Detriment — Det ri*ment (d[e^]t r[i^]*ment), n. [L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: cf. F. d[ e]triment. See {Trite}.] 1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; used very… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • detriment — early 15c., from M.Fr. détriment or directly from L. detrimentum a rubbing off; a loss, damage, defeat, from pp. stem of detere to wear away, figuratively to weaken, impair, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) + terere to rub, wear (see THROW (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • detriment — ► NOUN ▪ harm or damage: she fasted to the detriment of her health. DERIVATIVES detrimental adjective detrimentally adjective. ORIGIN Latin detrimentum, from deterere wear away …   English terms dictionary

  • Detriment — Det ri*ment, v. t. To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Other might be determined thereby. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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