WITHOUT PREJUDICE

offer or admission is made "without preju- dice," or a motion is denied "without preju- dice," it is meant as a declaration that no rights or privileges of the party concerned are to be considered as thereby waived or lost except in so far as may be expressly conceded or decided.

Where an offer or admission is made “without prejuaig,” or a motion is denied or a bill in equity dismissed ‘‘without prejudice,” ft is meant as a declaration that no rights or privileges of the party concerned are to be considered as thereby waived or lost except in so far as may be expressly conceded or decided. See Genet v. Delaware & H. Canal Co., 170 N. Y. 278, 63 N. E. 350; O’Keefe v. Irvington Real Estate Co., 87 Md. 196, 39 Atl. 428; Ray v. Adden, 50 N. H. 84, 9 Am. Rep. 175; Seamster vy. Blackstock, 88 Va. 232, 2 S. RB. 36, 5 Am. St. Rep. 262; Taylor v. Slater, 21 R. I. 104, 41 Atl. 1001; Kempton v. Burgess, 136 Mass. 192.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without, prejudice. | Not affecting nor considering other possibly related issues. | Without affecting a legal interest. | 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.