Definition of Trespasser
1. Noun. Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission.
Generic synonyms: Persona Non Grata, Unwelcome Person, Entrant
Specialized synonyms: Boarder, Crasher, Gatecrasher, Unwelcome Guest, Infiltrator, Encroacher, Invader, Penetrator, Prowler, Sneak, Stalker, Pusher, Thruster, Squatter, Alien, Stranger, Unknown
Derivative terms: Interlope, Intrude, Intrude, Trespass
Definition of Trespasser
1. n. One who commits a trespass
Definition of Trespasser
1. Noun. One who trespasses; an interloper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trespasser
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trespasser
| treponemes trepopnœa treppe treprostinil tres tres-tyne tres-tynes tresayle tresis tress | tressed tressel tressels tresses tressful tressier tressiest tressing tressour |
Literary usage of Trespasser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Gray, 5 B. Mon. 4. Blann v. Crocheron, 20 Ala. 320, was an action of trespass.
The defendant pleaded a former recovery against a co-trespasser, and payment ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"(f) Where an action is brought for the homicide of a trespasser, shown to have
been occasioned by the operation of defendant's cars, the presumption of ..."
3. Laws of Business for All the States and Territories of the Union and the by Theophilus Parsons (1909)
"WHO is A Trespasser.—The right of an owner of a farm to its entire possession is
so absolute in law that nobody can set foot upon it, by day or night, ..."
4. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from by Frederick Pollock (1908)
"One who receives from a trespasser, even with full knowledge, does not himself
become a trespasser against the true owner, as he has not violated an ..."
5. The Foundations of Legal Liability: A Presentation of the Theory and by Thomas Atkins Street (1906)
"Where mischief happens to a trespasser by reason of the ?»* of defective or
dangerous condition of the premises upon which gss"™^ he trespasses, ..."
6. A Manual of Elementary Law: Being a Summary of the Well-settled Elementary by William Pinckney Fishback (1896)
"It may be generally stated, that every one who crosses the land-owner's boundary
line is a trespasser by breaking the close unless he does so by lawful ..."
7. A Selection of Cases on the Law of Torts by James Barr Ames, Jeremiah Smith (1893)
"With regard to the objection, that the deceased was a trespasser on the defendant's
... A trespasser is liable to an action for the injury which he does ..."
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