A continuing trespass is a wrongful act carried out through a course of conduct that directly invades another person's rights, rather than through a single completed act. One recognized form occurs when someone takes another person's goods without at first intending to keep them and only later decides to keep them for good; the law treats the original taking as continuing up to that later decision, so the later act of keeping the goods counts as larceny. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Elements of OffenseA trespass in the taking of goods, although without intent to appropriate them, followed by an appropriation 1 Classification
Offense GradeMinor or Summary Offense 1 Connections
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Continuing trespass
Wikipedia, Continuing trespass, lead section
a trespass in the taking of goods, although without intent to appropriate them, followed by an appropriation, the original trespass being deemed to continue to the time of the appropriation, so that the subsequent appropriation is larceny.
Wikipedia, Continuing trespass, second definition in the lead section
a trespass in the taking of goods, although without intent to appropriate them, followed by an appropriation
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USLegal, Inc.In Group: Burglary, Trespass and Squatting, Legal definitionQuote, In Group: Burglary, Trespass and Squatting, Legal definition
Continuing trespass is a wrongful act involving a course of action which is a direct invasion of the rights of another.
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