Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Detriment
1. Any loss or harm suffered by a person or property. 2. Contracts. The relinquishment of some legal right that a promisee would have otherwise been entitled to exercise."A promise or an act may be a detriment although on balance the promisor is making a good bargain. Thus a promise to pay £10,000 for a Rolls Royce worth £12,000, is none the less a detriment, and a good consideration for a promise to deliver the car." P.S
Jure naturae aequum esneminem cum alterius detrimento et injuria fieri locupletiorem
By the law of nature, it is just that no one should be enriched to the detriment and injury of another.
detriment to a promisee
Contracts. Consideration offered by a promisee to a promisor, esp. in a unilateral contract requiring an act from the promisee though the promisor has the power to revoke the promise.
detrimental reliance
See RELIANCE.
detrimental reliance.
Reliance by one party on the acts or representations of another, causing a worsening of the first party's position. ( Detrimental reliance may serve as a substitute for consideration and thus make a promise enforceable as a contract. See promissory estoppel under ESTOPPEL.