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Definition of personal injury noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

personal injury

noun

/ˌpɜːsənl ˈɪndʒəri/

/ˌpɜːrsənl ˈɪndʒəri/

[uncountable] (law)

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physical injury, rather than damage to property or to somebody’s reputation
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Personal injury is used before these nouns:
lawyer
writ
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