without prejudice

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Prepositional phrase

without prejudice

1. (formal) Not affecting nor considering other possibly related issues.
2. (law) Without affecting a legal interest.
3. 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.

   resolving that a sea snake should be cooked before eating, without prejudice as to whether or not a sea snake will be considered a 'fish'

Antonyms

• with prejudice

Related terms

• terminate with extreme prejudice

Translations

not considering

Finnish: huomioimatta, ottamatta huomioon

law: not affecting

Finnish: puuttumatta, koskematta Spanish: sin menoscabo

without binding future decisions or positions

Finnish: sitoumuksetta

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

German: (+gen.) (please verify) unbeschadet (de)