The writs of trespass and trespass on the case are the two catchall torts from English common law, the former involving trespass against the person, the...
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Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels, and trespass to land. Trespass to the...
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be suffered 'with force and arms' if a claim was to be brought. Trespass on the case Handford, P. (2010) 'Intentional Negligence: A Contradiction in Terms...
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imprisonment altogether. The prosecution cross-appealed, arguing that the jail term for trespass was manifestly inadequate. The case was heard on 18 August 2010...
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Assumpsit (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
courts turned from the writs of covenant and debt to the trespass on the case. In the early days of the English common law, agreements were enforced in local...
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Trespass vi et armis was a kind of lawsuit at common law called a tort. The form of action alleged a trespass upon person or property vi et armis, Latin...
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be distinguished from the action of trespass on the case and its companion, trespass on the case sur trover. After a time, the latter became known simply...
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Tort (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
the 1360s, the "trespass on the case" action arose for when the defendant did not direct force. As its scope increased, it became simply "action on the...
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Moore, although an action would lie for trespass on the case. In the cases of a chattel damaged or destroyed, the plaintiff must choose some remedy other...
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Form of action (section Abolition of the forms)
pacem regis ("Trespass with force and arms against the King's peace") Trespass sur la case ("Trespass on the case" or "action on the case") Conversion...
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Scott v Shepherd (redirect from Squib case)
trespass and case. Shepherd tossed a squib into a crowded market in the Market House in the town of Milborne Port in Somerset, where it landed on the...
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Donoghue v Stevenson (redirect from Snail in a bottle case)
directly (trespass to the person) or indirectly (trespass on the case). Being made ill by consuming a noxious substance did not qualify as either, so the orthodox...
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Common law (redirect from The common law)
covenant, special assumpsit, general assumpsit, trespass, trover, replevin, case (or trespass on the case), and ejectment. To initiate a lawsuit, a pleading...
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Trespass to land is a common law tort or crime that is committed when an individual or the object of an individual intentionally (or, in Australia, negligently)...
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Tortious interference (section Case law)
was described in the case of Keeble v Hickeringill, (1707) 103 Eng. Rep. 1127, styled as a "trespass on the case". In that case, the defendant had used...
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animals and was released on probation." Sullivan, Jennifer (October 19, 2005). "Trespassing charged in horse-sex case". The Seattle Times. Boeing In Memoriam...
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Anti-trespass panels (ATPs) are a type of hostile architecture used by railroads to improve safety by reducing pedestrian accidents. They consist of materials...
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Trespass to chattels is a tort whereby the infringing party has intentionally (or, in Australia, negligently) interfered with another person's lawful possession...
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Trespass in English law is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to goods, and trespass to land. Trespass...
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Bernstein of Leigh v Skyviews & General Ltd (category English trespass case law)
479 is a case in English law in which a plaintiff attempted to sue for trespass when aerial photographs were taken of his property. The case established...
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the case, and so this was strong encouragement to resolve disputes elsewhere. The royal courts accepted claims, without a wager of law, if "trespass on...
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Computer trespass is a computer crime in the United States involving unlawful access to computers. It is defined under the Computer Fraud and Abuse act...
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films Trespass (2011) and Erased (2012), and the horrors Haunt (2013) and The Beach House (2019). In 2017, she was part of the ensemble cast of the drama...
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Guilt offering (redirect from Trespass offering)
(Hebrew: אשם, romanized: ’āšām, lit. 'guilt, trespass'; plural ashamot), also referred to as a trespass offering (KJV, 1611), was a type of Biblical sacrifice...
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Watson v British Boxing Board of Control (category English trespass case law)
QB 1134 was a case of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales that established an exception to the defence of consent to trespass to the person and an...
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This case involved automatic placing of bids, known as auction sniping. However, in order to succeed on a claim of trespass to chattels, the plaintiff...
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Pierson v. Post (category 1805 in United States case law)
sued Pierson on an action for trespass on the case for damages against his possession of the fox. Post argued that he had ownership of the fox as giving...
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Duty to retreat (redirect from Retreat to the wall)
reasonably necessary to meet the attack. Castle doctrine in the United States Stand-your-ground law Trespasser Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012...
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force needed in the element of trespass.: 946 In the underlying case, one justice (Chokke [J.C.P]) stated that if the carrier sold the entire bale unbroken...
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Departurism (section The departurist argument)
view the abortion issue through the lens of property rights, allowing that an unwanted fetus is to a mother what a trespasser is to the owner of the property...
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