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RETRIBUTIVE DANGER [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-20

English

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

A concealed danger that an occupier of land creates to injure trespassers.

OBS

A retributive danger is lawful only to the extent that it could be justified if the occupier had inflicted the injury personally or directly to the trespasser. Thus, a spring gun or a landmine is an unlawful means of defending land against a trespasser.

French

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

Spanish

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