Trespass

legal concept

Trespass is an area of criminal law or tort law where someone or a group of people go into an area where people are not supposed to go to or breaking into private property.[1]

Trespass to the person historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, wounding, mayhem (or maiming), and false imprisonment.[2]

References

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  1. Sacharoff, Laurent (Jan 2016). "Trespass and Deception". Brigham Young University Law Review. 2015: 359–412.
  2. Underhill and Pease, p. 250