- volenti non fit injuria
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vo·len·ti non fit in·ju·ria /vō-'len-ˌtī-ˌnän-ˌfit-in-'ju̇r-ē-ə, wō-'len-tē-ˌnōn-ˌfit-in-'yü-rē-ä/ [New Latin]: to one who is willing no harm is done— used as a common-law maxim expressing the principle that one is not injured when a risk is voluntarily assumed compare assumption of risk
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(voh-len-tI non fit in-joor-ee) Latin for "to a willing person, no injury is done." This doctrine holds that a person who knowingly and willingly puts himself in a dangerous situation cannot sue for any resulting injuries.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. Latin The volunteer suffers no wrong; a person cannot usually sue for damages when he consented in the first place to whatever it was that caused the damages.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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(Latin: To the consenting, no injury is done.)In the law of negligence, the precept that denotes that a person who knows and comprehends the peril and voluntarily exposes himself or herself to it, although not negligent in doing so, is regarded as engaging in an assumption of the risk (See assumption of risk) and is precluded from a recovery for an injury ensuing therefrom.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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[Latin, To the consenting, no injury is done.] In the law of negligence, the precept that denotes that a person who knows and comprehends the peril and voluntarily exposes himself or herself to it, although not negligent in doing so, is regarded as engaging in an assumption of the risk and is precluded from a recovery for an injury ensuing therefrom.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.