without prejudice

Definitions

1. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

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

   • without bias or prejudice
2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   Without affecting a legal interest.

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   1. 4

      Without binding future decisions or requiring a certain position to be taken in the future

      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.

The neighborhood

• antonymwith prejudice
• neighborterminate with extreme prejudice