There may be damage or injury inflicted without any act of injustice.

Explanation

(English-origin maxim.) Not every loss gives rise to a legal claim — damage without a violation of a legal right (damnum absque injuria) is not actionable.

Where this applies

• A new grocery store opens and legally draws away half the customers from an established store across the road — the established store suffers real financial damage, but the new store committed no act of injustice because lawful competition is not wrongdoing.
• A city builds a public road that diverts traffic away from a businessman's shop, reducing his sales significantly — the businessman has been damaged, but the city acted within its lawful authority, so no injustice was committed.
• A farmer plants tall trees on his own property that shade his neighbor's garden and reduce her crop yield — the neighbor suffers a genuine loss, but the farmer exercised his lawful property rights, so the damage was inflicted without any act of injustice.