"without prejudice" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-without prejudice.wav
  1. (formal) Not affecting nor considering other possibly related issues. Tags: formal Translations (not considering): huomioimatta (Finnish), ottamatta huomioon (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-without_prejudice-en-prep_phrase-4j4tMdjT Disambiguation of 'not considering': 69 15 16
  2. (law) Without affecting a legal interest. Related terms: terminate with extreme prejudice
    Sense id: en-without_prejudice-en-prep_phrase-iFUtpo4t Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 52 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 77 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 62 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 60 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 68 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 63 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 66 23 Topics: law
  3. 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. Translations (without binding future decisions or positions): sitoumuksetta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-without_prejudice-en-prep_phrase-DD-r2YJZ Categories (other): Law Disambiguation of 'without binding future decisions or positions': 5 30 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (law: not affecting): puuttumatta (Finnish), koskematta (Finnish), sin menoscabo (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'law: not affecting': 44 44 12
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