WRIT OF TRESPASS ON THE CASE, practice. A writ which lies where a party sues for damages for any wrong or cause of complaint to which covenant or trespass will not apply. See 3 Woodd. 167; Steph. Pl. 15.
Every unwarrantable entry on another's soil the law entitles a trespass by "breaking his close"; the words of the writ of trespass commanding the defendant to show cause quare clausum querentis fregit.
Writ of Process /Proclamation Writ of Prohibition Writ of Trespass /on the Case Writ, Original Writing, Obligatory Writings & Recordings Writs, Register /Registrar of Wrong Wrongful Discharge ...
See also: Wrong, Writ of execution, Writ of error, Wrongful discharge, Writ of certiorari
 
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