Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

trespass on the case

At common law, an action to recover damages that are not the immediate result of a wrongful act but rather a later consequence. 0 This action was the precursor to a variety of modern-day tort claims, including negligence, nuisance, and business torts. - Often shortened to case. -Also termed action on the case; breue de transgressione super casum "The most important of the writs framed under the authority of the statute of Westminster 2 is that of