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"Without prejudice" is properly used when, for example, you allow a transaction to continue (such as accepting delivery of merchandise) with some deviation from the terms agreed upon. It means that your permitting the transaction to continue so far is not to be taken as a ratification or approval of the deviation from the terms.
For example, if merchandise is supposed to be delivered, opened and inspected, but it's merely delivered and whoever delivered it won't wait for inspection but just wants a receipt for delivery right away, you'd include "without prejudice" (and maybe add a few words about how this deviates from the terms) so that, if the merchandise is unsatisfactory you can demand a refund or otherwise pursue your legal remedies instead of being held to have accepted it as is.
Putting it on, for example, a traffic ticket or a summons has no desirable legal effect; thinking you can sign that way and thereby blow off a court date or commit perjury or whatever is not going to have a pleasant outcome.
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