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Definition of Continuing trespass
1. Noun. Trespass that is not transient or intermittent but continues as long as the offending object remains. "Dumping his garbage on my land was a case of continuing trespass"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Continuing Trespass
Literary usage of Continuing trespass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook on the Law of Damages by William Benjamin Hale (1896)
"... and leaves it, the continued existence of the ditch does not make the wrong
a continuing trespass.is4 It constitutes merely a continuing damage. ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"the right to interfere with the easements of abutting landowners, its occupation
of them is a continuing trespass for which actions may be brought de die in ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"Projection of building or other structure over the boundary as a continuing
trespass or nuisance. As to whether an adjudication respecting the abatement of ..."