- direct injury
- The direct result of the violation of a legal right. Alabama Power Co. v Ickes, 302 US 464, 82 L Ed 374, 58 S Ct 300. See direct damages; proximate cause.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
direct injury
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