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continuing trespass

continuing trespass

9.9
Something that stays on someone else's land without permission, like a parked truck
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : invasión continua
  • The neighbor's tree branches are causing a continuing trespass onto my yard since they overhang my property line.

Examples

  • The leaking sewage from the facility is a continuing trespass on the adjacent land, damaging both the soil and water supply.

  • The above example of well pollution may constitute a continuing trespass because it is a physical invasion by tangible matter.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The construction debris left on the road created a continuing trespass that obstructed traffic for several days.

Antonyms

cessation
29 7.2

The end of something that is happening

Surface Forms

continuing trespass singular
continuing trespasses plural

Morphology

continuing + trespass

The noun phrase simply combines 'continuing' (ongoing) with 'trespass' (unauthorized entry), so its basic meaning of an ongoing or persistent trespass is directly derivable from the constituents. This follows a standard adjective+noun composition common across languages; while it has a specific legal nuance, a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the core meaning.

Etymology

Continuing trespass paints a simple picture: something like a parked truck, a small building, or polluted water that stays on someone else's land and keeps causing a problem. Here continuing means 'ongoing' and trespass means 'being on someone else's land without permission', so the phrase means a wrong that keeps happening while the thing remains there.