Trespass

In the largest sense, any transgression or oflfense against tho law of natui-e, of society, or of the country, whether to person pr property; in a stricter sense, an injury committed by one person upon another with violence, actual or implied; in the strictest sense, an unlawful entry on land of another, with some damage, however inconsiderable, to his real property; an action for any such injury. Trespass de bonis asportatis: trespass for goods carried away; the name of the action where the injury consists in carrying away the property. Trespass on the case: the action which lies for injuries unaccompanied with force, or where the damage sustained is merely consequential. Trespass qnare clausum tregit: trespass wherefore he broke the close; the action which lies for unlawfully entering on another's land. Trespass vi et arrais: trespass with force and arms; the action for injuries to person or property, whenever the act complained of was done with direct violence, actual or implied.