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injury or detriment to one's legal rights or claims (as from the action of another): as a : substantial impairment of a defendant's ability to defend <the court found no prejudice to the defendant by the lengthy delay in bringing charges> b : tendency for a decision on an improper basis (as past conduct) by a trier of fact <whether an ex parte communication to a deliberating jury resulted in any reasonable possibility of prejudice to the defendant —National Law Journal> c : implied waiver of rights and privileges not explicitly retained <District Court erred in attaching prejudice to prisoner's complaint for injunctive relief —National Law Journal>
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