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COMMIT TRESPASS [2 records]

Record 1 2016-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Where one man orders or procures another to commit a trespass, and the agent does so, both principal and agent are liable for the damage done.

OBS

Trespass : To commit an unlawful injury to the person, property, or rights of another, with actual or implied force or violence, especially to enter onto another's land wrongfully.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

At common law, every unauthorized and direct breach of the boundaries of another's land was an actionable trespass. No intent to commit a trespass was required. All that was necessary was that the act resulting in the trespass be volitional, and that the resulting trespass be direct and immediate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
CONT

Commettre une intrusion, c'est entrer dans la propriété d'autrui sans permission ni excuse légitime.

Spanish

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