Definition

Noun: - A harm or loss suffered due to the violation of a legal right: "Legal injury" refers to a wrong or damage that the law recognizes as warranting redress, typically because a person's legal rights have been infringed upon. It is the foundation for a legal claim or lawsuit.

Usage

The term "legal injury" is used in formal and legal contexts to describe the specific type of harm that gives a person the right to seek a legal remedy, such as compensation. It distinguishes a legally actionable wrong from a mere personal grievance or inconvenience.

Examples

• The court found that the breach of contract caused the plaintiff a legal injury, entitling them to damages.
• To file a lawsuit, you must demonstrate that you have suffered a legal injury.
• Not every unfair situation constitutes a legal injury; it must involve the violation of a legally protected right.

Advanced Usage

• "To suffer a legal injury": To experience harm that is recognized by law as a wrong.
  • The company suffered a legal injury when its trademark was infringed.
• "Actionable legal injury": A harm that is sufficient to support a lawsuit.
  • The leaked confidential information represented an actionable legal injury.

Variants and Related Words

• Injury (noun): Broadly, any harm or damage. In law, it often implies a legal wrong.
• Wrong (noun): An act that is illegal or immoral; a legal injury is a type of legal wrong.
• Damage (noun): Often used interchangeably with "injury," but can specifically refer to monetary loss.

Synonyms

• Legal wrong
• Actionable harm
• Grievance (in a legal sense)

Related Phrases

• Cause of action: The legal basis (which includes a legal injury) for filing a lawsuit.
  • The legal injury she suffered provided a clear cause of action for negligence.
• Redress for legal injury: The compensation or correction sought for a legal wrong.
  • The lawsuit seeks redress for the legal injury caused by the defendant's actions.

Noun

1. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right