Trespass
v. i.- To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
- (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.
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To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude;
as, to .trespass upon the time or patience of another - To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.
n.
- Any injury or offence done to another.
- Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
- An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another.
- An action for injuries accompanied with force.
an offering in expiation of a trespass.
Trespass on the case . (Law)
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