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WRIT TRESPASS CASE [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Rules of Court
OBS

trespasss on the case: A form of action now obsolete in which the damage complained of is a result not immediate, but consequential of an unlawful act; so called from the Latin name of the writs (brevia de transgressione super casum) under which it was brought; also the name of the writ itself.

CONT

The writs that remedied the injuries which in modern time are called torts were principally the writ of trespass and the writ of trespass on the case or "case".

OBS

case : sens historique.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Règles de procédure
OBS

bref de trespass on the case : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Legal Actions
DEF

[a writ] brought to recover damages for a loss or injury resulting not directly but indirectly or consequentially, from the act complained of.

CONT

[This] writ was worded similarly to that for trespass but omitted the words "vi et armis", and an action on the case could be had for every circumstance where a man had suffered loss or damage.(...) Actions on the case were either trespass on the case covering wrongs similar to those covered by the writ of trespass, but without immediate violence; or general actions on the case giving a remedy for all other wrongs, particularly for waste, deceit and nuisance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Actions en justice

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
  • Acciones judiciales
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