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tres⋅pass
[tres-puh
s, -pas] 
–noun
| 1. | Law.
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| 2. | an encroachment or intrusion. |
| 3. | an offense, sin, or wrong. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | Law. to commit a trespass. |
| 5. | to encroach on a person's privacy, time, etc.; infringe (usually fol. by on or upon). |
| 6. | to commit a transgression or offense; transgress; offend; sin. |
Origin:
1250–1300; (n.) ME trespas transgression, offense < OF, deriv. of trespasser, equiv. to tres- (< L trāns- trans- ) + passer to pass; (v.) ME trespassen, deriv. of the n.
1250–1300; (n.) ME trespas transgression, offense < OF, deriv. of trespasser, equiv. to tres- (< L trāns- trans- ) + passer to pass; (v.) ME trespassen, deriv. of the n.
Related forms:
tres⋅pass⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
4, 5. Trespass, encroach, infringe, intrude imply overstepping boundaries and assuming possession of others' property or crowding onto the right of others. To trespass is to pass unlawfully within the boundaries of another's property: Hunters trespass on a farmer's fields. To encroach is to creep, gradually and often stealthily, upon territory, rights, or privileges, so that a footing is imperceptibly established: The sea slowly encroached upon the land. To infringe is to break in upon or invade rights, customs, or the like, by violating or disregarding them: to infringe upon a patent. To intrude is to thrust oneself into the presence of a person or into places or circumstances where one is not welcome: to intrude into a private conversation.
4, 5. Trespass, encroach, infringe, intrude imply overstepping boundaries and assuming possession of others' property or crowding onto the right of others. To trespass is to pass unlawfully within the boundaries of another's property: Hunters trespass on a farmer's fields. To encroach is to creep, gradually and often stealthily, upon territory, rights, or privileges, so that a footing is imperceptibly established: The sea slowly encroached upon the land. To infringe is to break in upon or invade rights, customs, or the like, by violating or disregarding them: to infringe upon a patent. To intrude is to thrust oneself into the presence of a person or into places or circumstances where one is not welcome: to intrude into a private conversation.
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| tres·pass (trěs'pəs, -pās') intr.v. tres·passed, tres·pass·ing, tres·pass·es
[Middle English trespassen, from Old French trespasser : tres-, over (from Latin trāns-; see trans-) + passer, to pass; see pass.] tres'pass·er n. |
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Trespass
Tres"pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer to die; pref. tres- (L. trans across, over) + passer to pass. See Pass, v. i., and cf. Transpass.]1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. [Obs.] Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world. --Ld. Berners. 2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. 3. To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another. 4. To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against. In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord. --2 Chron. xxviii. 22.Trespass
Tres"pass\, n. [OF. trespas, F. tr['e]pas death. See Trespass, v.]1. Any injury or offence done to another. I you forgive all wholly this trespass. --Chaucer. If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. --Matt. vi. 15. 2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin. The fatal trespass done by Eve. --Milton. You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins. --Eph. if. 1. 3. (Law) (a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another. (b) An action for injuries accompanied with force. Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a trespass. Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under Case. Syn: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor; misdeed.
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Language Translation for : trespass
Spanish:
entrar sin autorización; transgresión, usurpación, invasión,
German:
unbefugt betreten,
Japanese:
侵入する
trespass (v.)
1303, "transgress, offend, sin," from O.Fr. trespasser "pass beyond or across," from tres- "beyond" (from L. trans-) + passer "go by, pass" (see pass (v.)). Meaning "enter unlawfully" is first attested in forest laws of Scottish Parliament (c.1455). The noun is recorded from c.1290. The modern descendant of O.Fr. trespasser, Fr. trépasser has come to be used euphemistically for "to die" (cf. cross over, and obituary).
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Main Entry: tres·pass
Pronunciation: 'tres-p&s, -"pas
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French trespas violation of the law, actionable wrong, from Old French, crossing, passage, from trespasser to go across, from tres across + passer to pass
: wrongful conduct causing harm to another: as a : a willful act or active negligence as distinguished from a mere omission of a duty that causes an injury to or invasion of the person, rights, or esp. property of another; also : the common-law form of action for redress of injuries directly caused by such a wrongful act —compare TRESPASS ON THE CASE in this entry b : TRESPASS QUARE CLAUSUM FREGIT in this entry
con·tinu·ing trespass
: a trespass that continues until the act (as of depriving another of his or her property without the intent to steal it) or instrumentality (as an object placed wrongfully on another's land) causing it is ended or removed
criminal trespass
: trespass to property that is forbidden by statute and punishable as a crime as distinguished from trespass that creates a cause of action for damages
trespass ab initio
: a trespass that arises upon a lawful act which because of subsequent unlawful or wrongful conduct is deemed under a legal fiction to have been trespassory from the beginning
trespass de bo·nis as·por·ta·tis
/-dE-'bO-nis-"as-por-'tA-tis, -dA-'bO-nEs-"äs-por-'tä-tEs/
Etymology: probably from Medieval Latin (trangressio) de bonis asportatis (trespass) concerning property carried off
: a common-law form of action to recover for trespass involving the carrying off of one's goods by another
trespass on the case
: a common-law form of action to recover for another's wrongful act that indirectly causes one's injury called also action on the case case
trespass qua·re clau·sum fre·git
/-'kwer-E-'klo-z&m-'frE-j&t, -'kwä-rA-'klau-sum-'frA-gEt/
Etymology: probably from Medieval Latin (transgressio) quare clausum fregit (trespass) whereby he or she broke into a close (tenement protected by law of trespass)
: a trespass that involves wrongful and tortious entry on another's real property
trespass to try title
: an action brought as a means of obtaining redress for a trespass to real property and determining the title to the property
trespass intransitive verb et ar·mis
/-'vI-"et-'är-mis, -'vE-, -"mEs/
Etymology: Latin intransitive verb et armis with force and arms
: a trespass involving intentional infliction of injury on a person
Main Entry: trespass
Function: intransitive verb
: to commit a trespass; especially : to enter wrongfully or without proper authority or consent upon the real property of another transitive verb : to commit a trespass against
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