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Trespass(law)
trespass 1, verb(dictionary)
trespass 2, noun(dictionary)
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TRESPASS VI ET ARMIS, practice(law)
TRESPASS ON THE CASE, practice(law)

trespass(1) (iou)



trespass noun. ME.
[Old French trespas passing across etc. (mod. trepas death), formed as TRESPASS verb.]
A transgression, an offence; a sin; a fault. arch. exc. as in sense 2. ME.
Shakespeare Winter's Tale Be plainer with me; let me know my trespass. Bible (AV): Matthew 6:14 If yee forgiue not men their trespasses, neither will your father forgiue your trespasses.
Law. Formerly, an unlawful act; esp. any such act other than treason, felony, or misprision of either. Now spec. an unlawful act deliberately committed against the person or property of another, esp. wrongful entry on a person's land or property. ME.
trespass to person, trespass to goods, trespass to land. trespass on the case (obsolete exc. Hist.) an action for trespass in which the damage alleged is not the immediate result of an unlawful act but a later consequence.
H. Allen He might be laying himself open to a technical charge of trespass by staying in the house. City Limits CND's..mass trespass on to 3,000 acres of open moorland.
fig. An encroachment, an intrusion. M18.
T. Jefferson I know the extent of this trespass on your tranquillity. Gladstone One trespass more I must make on your patience.