Trespasser: In civil law, a person who enters land without invitation, permission or privilege.
Trial: The judicial examination and determination of issues between the parties to an action.
TRESPASSER. One who couimits a trespass.
2. A man is a trespasser by his own direct actohen he acts without any excuse; or he may be a trespasser in the execution of a legal process in an illegal manner; 1 Chit. Pl. 183: 2 John. Cas.
Trespassers
The Occupiers' Liability Act 1984 requires all owners of property to take reasonable steps to make their premises safe for anyone who enters them, even those who enter as trespassers, if they are aware of a risk on the premises.
"To enable the (trespasser) to recover he must show an actual possession, an occupation exclusive, continuous, open or visible, and notorious for twenty years. It must not be equivocal, occasional or for a special or temporary purpose....
A person who crosses boundaries without the owner's permission is a trespasser.
When a man enters upon lands or into the house of another by authority of law, and afterwards abuses that authority, he becomes a trespasser ab initio. Bac. Ab. Trespass, B.; 8 Coke, 146 2 Bl. Rep. 1218 Clayt. 44.
MAN-' 'TRAPS, mechanical devices for catching poachers and trespassers. They have taken many forms, the most usual being like a large rat-trap, the steel springs being armed with teeth which met in the victim's leg.
(3) Open and notorious, so as to put the true owner on notice that a trespasser is in possession.
(4) Actual, so that the true owner has a cause of action for trespass, on which the true owner must act within the statute of limitations.
Any interference with the owner's (or a legal tenant's) use of the property is a sufficient showing of damage and is a civil wrong (tort) sufficient to form the basis for a lawsuit against the trespasser by the owner or a tenant using the property.
Liability could be placed on the people owning or controlling the premises even when the child was a trespasser who sneaked on the property.
A mere trespasser, a person who steals a ride upon a railroad train, or who is employed thereon, is not a passenger. s.c. 113 U.S. 218 (1885); 3 Monta. 99 (1878); 24 Cent. Law J. 219 (1887); 139 Mass. 238, 542.
(n) Booby Trap is the arrangement or machinery which is activated when some living things enters therein and kill or harm them. Booby trap is used to protect the area, property or valuables from trespassers. Eg.
: one (as a firefighter in the course of his or her duty) who is on the property of another by authority of law or by the consent or invitation of the possessor
see also bare licensee social guest
compare invitee trespasser ...
A person commits trespass to land when they enter another's land without their permission. A trespasser may be sued in the civil courts. (Contrary to popular belief, trespass is a tort (see ‘tort') not a crime.) ...
 See also: Trespass, Law, Person, Will, Property
  
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