TRESPASS ON THE CASE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss

Example:

a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("trespass on the case" is a kind of...):

trespass (a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages)

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