Lat. In the civil law.
Damage; the loss or diminution of what is a man’s own, either by fraud, carelessness, or accident. In pleading and old English law. Damage; loss.
Damnum fatale. Fatal damage; damage from fate; loss happening from a cause beyond human control, {quod ex fato contingit,) or an act of God, and for which bailees are not liable; such as shipwreck, lightning, and the like. Dig. 4. 9, 3. 1; Story, Bailm.