pretium affectionis

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Noun

pretium affectionis

1. (law) Sentimental value.
   • 1825, James Mill, Jurisprudence:

     The greater number of injuries are those which concern property. A pecuniary value can generally be set upon injuries of this sort; though it is not very easy to determine the pretium affectionis, a matter of considerable importance, which the English law, so much made up of clumsiness in one part, and false refinement in another, wholly overlooks.