trespasser ab initio
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 84 U.S. 82 - Averill v. Smith · 1872Most cited · 28 citing opinions
not doing a thing cannot make a party a trespasser ab initio, because not doing is no trespass
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