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  2. Trespass in English law - Wikipedia

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    Trespass in English law is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to goods, and trespass to land.. Trespass to the person comes in three variants: assault, which is "to act in such a way that the claimant believes he is about to be attacked"; [1] battery, "the intentional and direct application of force to another person"; [2] and false ...

  3. Trespass - Wikipedia

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    Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels, and trespass to land. Trespass to the person historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, wounding, mayhem (or maiming), and false imprisonment. [ 1 ]

  4. Letang v Cooper - Wikipedia

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    Letang v Cooper [1964] EWCA Civ 5 (15 June 1964) is an English Court of Appeal judgment, by which it was decided that negligently caused personal injury cannot be recovered under the trespass to the person, but the tort of negligence must be tried instead.

  5. Trespass to land - Wikipedia

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    Trespass to land, also called trespass to realty or trespass to real property, or sometimes simply trespass, is a common law tort or a crime that is committed when an individual or the object of an individual intentionally (or, in Australia, negligently) enters the land of another without a lawful excuse. Trespass to land is actionable per se ...

  6. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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    memorandum of the conservation law foundation, the natural resources defense council, and mass audubon in support of defendants’ motions for summary judgment and in opposition to peer et al. plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on their claims under the endangered species act and migratory bird

  7. Trespass on the case - Wikipedia

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    Trespass and trespass on the case, or "case", began as personal remedies in the royal courts in London in the 13th century. These early forms of trespass reflected a wide range of wrongs. In 1278, however, the Statute of Gloucester was passed. This limited actions in the royal courts to property damage worth above 40 shillings, maims, beatings ...

  8. Trespasser - Wikipedia

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    In the law of tort, property, and criminal law a trespasser is a person who commits the act of trespassing on a property, that is, without the permission of the owner. Being present on land as a trespasser thereto creates liability in the trespasser, so long as the trespass is intentional.

  9. Vi et armis - Wikipedia

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    Trespass vi et armis was a precursor to many other forms of lawsuits at common law. The cause came to be formulaic and in many cases fictitious . For instance, a lawsuit against a defendant that had spoiled wine with salt water required an allegation that he had done so with bows and arrows. [ 4 ]