Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trespass_on_the_case

1 sense of trespass on the case

Sense 1
trespass on the case -- (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")
       => trespass -- (a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages)