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Ingress

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

The right of entry upon land in a prescribed way. " Egress " is the right of going off the premises to other points in any lawful way. "Regress" is the right of returning in any of these ways. ^ L. in-fringere, to break into, in upon.

2 Union Paper-Bag Machine Co. v. Murphy, 97 U. S. 123 (1877), Clifford, J. Approved, Cantrell v. Wallick, 117 id.

695 (1886), Woods, J. ' Westinghouse Air Brake Co. v. Carpenter, 32 P. R. B45 (1887), Shiras, J. A grant of a right of " ingress, egress, and regress" is of a right of way from the lociis a quo to the locus ad quern, and from the latter forth to any other spot to which the grantee may lawfully go, or back to the locus a quo.^