Excess
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
When a defendant pleaded to an action of assault that the plaintiff trespassed on hls land, and he would not depart when ordered, whereupon he, molliter manus imposuit, gently laid hands on him, the replication of excess was to the effect that the defendant used more force than necessary.
Wharton.