trespacet

i. An old spelling of trespa . trespa (tres'pas), v. i. [ Robert de Bruse.. trespa ed out of this vncertayne worlde. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., I. xx. 2. To make entry or pa age without right or permi ion; go unlawfully or unwarrantably; encroach by bodily presence: with on or upon: as, to trespa upon another's land or premises. Go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespa ed. 2 Chron. xxvi. 18. 3. To make an improper inroad upon a person's presence or rights; intrude aggre ively or of fensively in relation to something: with on or upon. Nothing that trespa es upon the modesty of the company, and the decency of conversation, can become the mouth of a wise and virtuous person. Til lots on , Sermons, ccxiv. 4. To commit an aggre ive offense; transgre in some active manner; offend; sin: with and man. against: as, to trespa against the laws of God See trespa , n. A dere God, what Love hadde he to us his Subjettes, whan he that nevere trespaced wolde for Trespa ours suffre Dethe! Mandeville, Travels, p. 3. If thy brother trespa against thee, rebuke him. They... trespa against all logick. 51. To give offense: with to . And if that any neighebore of myne be so hardy to hir to trespace. Luke xvii, 3. Norris. Chaucer, Prol. to Monk's Tale, 1. 15. ever to its po e ion or use: technically called trespa to property. In this sense it equally implies force, but relates to property only, and contradistinguishes the wrong from a conversion or embezzlement by a bailee or other person having already a rightful po e ion.Action of trespa , an action to recover damages for trespa . - Forcible trespa , in criminal law, the offense of committing trespa to personal property with such The similar display referring property is called offense real forcible entry. Trespa for mesne profits. See action of mesne profits, under profit. - Trespa on the case, an action for a wrong which is not technically a trespa , because the injury is not in the strictest sense the direct result of the act, but where the transgre ive character of the transaction appears from the circumstances of the case, as in the case of libel, malicious prosecution, and the like. In the 16th century a special form of trespa on the case became, under the name of a umpsit, the common and normal method of enforcing contracts not made by deed, and remained so till the middle of the present cenEncyc. Brit ., XXIII. 454. tury. =Syn. 2 and 3. Transgre ion, Wrong, etc. (see crime ), breach, infringement, infraction, encroachment. trespa er (tres'pas-ér), n . [ trespa our , trespasoure , trespa our , trespa er , trespa : see trespa .] One who trespa es, or commits a trespa ; one who invades another's property or rights, or who does a wrongful act. trespa -offering (tres'pas-ofèr-ing), Among the ancient Jews, a sacrifice presented in expiation for such a sin or offense as admitted of compensation or satisfaction. The ceremonial is described in Lev. xiv. 12-18. See offering . n.