trespass on the case

1. 1.

   an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss

   “a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case”

   Broadertrespass

Questions about trespass on the case

What does trespass on the case mean?

trespass on the case means "an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss".

Is trespass on the case a common word?

trespass on the case is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.