TRESPASS ON THE CASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trespass on the case mean? 

• TRESPASS ON THE CASE (noun)
  The noun TRESPASS ON THE CASE has 1 sense:

1. an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss

  Familiarity information: TRESPASS ON THE CASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRESPASS ON THE CASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case

Hypernyms ("trespass on the case" is a kind of...):

trespass (a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages)