quare clausum fregit

quare clausum fregit
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. . 2000.

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  • quare clausum fregit — /kweriy klozam friyjat/ Lat. Wherefore he broke the close. That species of the action of trespass which has for its object the recovery of damages for an unlawful entry upon another s land is termed trespass quare clausum fregit; breaking a close …   Black's law dictionary

  • trespass quare clausum fregit — see trespass Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • quare clausum fregit — noun a writ for land trespass …   Wiktionary

  • quare clausum fregit — ˌkwärēˌklau̇səmˈfrāgə̇t noun Etymology: Latin, why he broke the close : a writ for land trespass …   Useful english dictionary

  • clausum fregit — /klozam friyjat/ L. Lat. (He broke the close.) In pleading and practice, technical words formerly used in certain actions of trespass, and still retained in the phrase quare clausum fregit (q.v.) …   Black's law dictionary

  • clausum fregit — /klozam friyjat/ L. Lat. (He broke the close.) In pleading and practice, technical words formerly used in certain actions of trespass, and still retained in the phrase quare clausum fregit (q.v.) …   Black's law dictionary

  • trespass quare clausum — Same as trespass quare clausum fregit …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • trespass quare clausum fregit — The common law remedy for the recovery of damages for the wrong of intruding upon the real property of another. 52 Am J1st Tresp § 2 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • trespass quare clausum fregit — noun the defendant unlawfully enters the land of the plaintiff • Hypernyms: ↑trespass * * * : the tort of wrongful entry on real property …   Useful english dictionary

  • clausum — /klozam/ Close, closed up, sealed. Inclosed, as a parcel of land. A writ was either clausum (close) or apertum (open). Grants were said to be by liters patentee (open grant) or liters clausx (close grant); 2 Bl.Comm. 346. Occurring in the phrase… …   Black's law dictionary

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