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[Anglo-French trespas<\/i> violation of the law, actionable wrong, from Old French, crossing, passage, from trespasser<\/i> to go across, from tres<\/i> across + passer<\/i> to pass]
:<\/b> wrongful conduct causing harm to another: as
a<\/b> :<\/b> a willful act or active negligence as distinguished from a mere omission of a duty that causes an injury to or invasion of the person, rights, or esp. property of another
;also<\/i>
:<\/b> the common-law form of action for redress of injuries directly caused by such a wrongful act compare trespass on the case<\/a> in this entry
b<\/b> :<\/b> trespass quare clausum fregit <\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n

con·tinu·ing trespass<\/b>
:<\/b> a trespass that continues until the act (as of depriving another of his or her property without the intent to steal it) or instrumentality (as an object placed wrongfully on another’s land) causing it is ended or removed <\/p>\n

criminal trespass<\/b>
:<\/b> trespass to property that is forbidden by statute and punishable as a crime as distinguished from trespass that creates a cause of action for damages <\/p>\n

trespass ab initio<\/b>
:<\/b> a trespass that arises upon a lawful act which because of subsequent unlawful or wrongful conduct is deemed under a legal fiction to have been trespassory from the beginning <\/p>\n

trespass de bo·nis as·por·ta·tis<\/b>
[-dē-bō-nis-as-pȯr-tā-tis, -dā-bō-nēs-Ä s-pȯr-tÄ -tēs]
[probably from Medieval Latin (trangressio<\/i>) de bonis asportatis<\/i> (trespass) concerning property carried off]
:<\/b> a common-law form of action to recover for trespass involving the carrying off of one’s goods by another <\/p>\n

trespass on the case<\/b>
:<\/b> a common-law form of action to recover for another’s wrongful act that indirectly causes one’s injury called also action on the case<\/i> case<\/i> <\/p>\n

trespass qua·re clau·sum fre·git<\/b>
[-kwer-ē-klȯ-zəm-frē-jət, -kwÄ -rā-kla-sm-frā-gēt]
[probably from Medieval Latin (transgressio<\/i>) quare clausum fregit<\/i> (trespass) whereby he or she broke into a close (tenement protected by law of trespass)]
:<\/b> a trespass that involves wrongful and tortious entry on another’s real property <\/p>\n

trespass to try title<\/b>
:<\/b> an action brought as a means of obtaining redress for a trespass to real property and determining the title to the property <\/p>\n

trespass vi et ar·mis<\/b>
[-vī-et-Ä r-mis, -vē-, -mēs]
[Latin vi et armis<\/i> with force and arms]
:<\/b> a trespass involving intentional infliction of injury on a person
vi :<\/b> to commit a trespass
;esp<\/i>
:<\/b> to enter wrongfully or without proper authority or consent upon the real property of another
vt<\/i>
:<\/b> to commit a trespass against <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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