Fr. Damage; injury; detriment. Kelham. A term of the Scotch law. In the civil law . The injury suffered by one who does not receive a full equivalent for what he gives in a commutative contract Civil Code La. art. 1S60. Inequality in con- tracts. Poth. Obi., no. 33. In medical jurisprudence . Any change In the structure of an organ due to injury or disease, whether apparent or diagnosed as the cause of a functional irregularity or disturbance .