without prejudice prepositional phrase3 •Without affecting a legal interest. •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.The court granted temporary custody to the mother, without prejudice as to the father's right to seek permanent custody at a later hearing.When attempting to settle a lawsuit, the parties generally communicate on a "without prejudice" basis. •(formal) Not affecting nor considering other possibly related issues.It is to be hoped that the final scheme will satisfy all interests—preserving some of old Euston's magnificence but without prejudice to the progress of modernisation. — 1960
