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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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