damnum absque injurian.

a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) vii. f. 28 Bracton..calleth it Damnum absque iniuria, seing that though y^e wardship be not so good after alienacion to the chief lord as it was before, yet the relief is as good in euery point.

1636 Briefe Declar. Private Dwelling Houses 11 If another build a Mill by my Mill, I may not have any action,..for it is damnum absque injuria.

1809 J. Campbell Rep. Cases Nisi Prius 1 357 If the reputation or pecuniary interests of the person ridiculed suffer, it is damnum absque injuria.

1905 Yale Law Jrnl. 14 350 When a statute authorizes the construction of a viaduct above the surface of a street and such construction diminishes the value of an abutting owner's property,..the statute is not unconstitutional, the damages sustained being damnum absque injuria.

2014 T. Steinberg Gotham Unbound v. 93 The legislature..authorized a new pier that effectively destroyed much of the older wharf's value... In the brave new world of waterfront real estate, the wharf owner's loss was ruled damnum absque injuria.