Trespass on the case Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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Definitions
  1. . (Law) See Action on the case, under Case.

Webster 1913