injury

injury
The invasion of a legal right. Bowman v Davenport, 243 Iowa 1135, 53 NW2d 249, 63 ALR2d 853. To be distinguished from "damage," which is the loss, hurt, or harm resulting from the "injury." 22 Am J2d Damg § 1. As the word appears in an application for life, health or accident insurance:-a substantial injury affecting the general health. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins § 750. As the term is used in a workmen's compensation statute:–any lesion or change in the structure of the body, causing harm thereto and a lessened facility of its natural and normal use. Sullivan's Case, 265 Mass 497, 164 NE 457, 62 ALR 1458. Damage or harm to the physical structure of the body, although not necessarily presenting external or visible signs of its existence, 58 Am Jlst Workm Comp § 194; sometimes construed to include simple and common diseases, 58 Am J1st Workm Comp § 244; including also nonoccupational diseases and disorders of an idiopathic nature, as well as those having a definitely traumatic origin. 58 Am J1st Workm Comp § 244.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • injury — 1 Injury, hurt, damage, harm, mischief mean the act or the result of inflicting on a person or thing something that causes loss or pain. Injury is the comprehensive term referable to an act or to a result of that act which involves a violation of …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Injury — In ju*ry, n.; pl. {Injuries}. [OE. injurie, L. injuria, fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in not + jus, juris, right, law, justice: cf. F. injure. See {Just}, a.] Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • injury — (n.) late 14c., harm, damage, loss; a specific injury, from Anglo Fr. injurie wrongful action, from L. injuria wrong, hurt, injustice, insult, noun use of fem. of injurius wrongful, unjust, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + jus… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • injury — ► NOUN (pl. injuries) 1) an instance of being injured. 2) the fact of being injured; harm or damage. ORIGIN Latin injuria a wrong …   English terms dictionary

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  • injury — Any wrong or damage done to another, either in his person, rights, reputation, or property. The invasion of any legally protected interest of another. Restatement, Second, Torts, No. 7. Absolute injuries. Injuries to those rights which a person… …   Black's law dictionary

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