quare clausum fregit

quare clausum fregit definition - legal

Latin

An early form of trespass onto someone else’s land, whether or not that land actually had a physical fence around it. The plaintiff would argue that because the defendant had broken the boundary “with force and arms,” the former was due damages.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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