trespass

TRES'PASS, verb intransitive [Latin trans, beyond, and passer, to pass.]1. Literally, to pass beyond; hence primarily, to pass over the boundary line of another's land; to enter unlawfully upon the land of another. A man may trespass by walking over the ground of another, and the law gives a remedy for damages sustained.2. To commit any offense or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude to the injury of another.If any man shall trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him-- 1 Kings 8:31. See Luke 17:3. and 4.3. In a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty.In the time of his disease did he trespass yet more. 2 Chronicles 28:13.We have trespassed against our God. Ezra 10:10.4. To intrude; to go too far; to put to inconvenience by demand or importunity; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.TRES'PASS, noun In law, violation of another's rights, not amounting to treason, felony, or misprision of either. Thus to enter another's close, is a trespass; to attack his person is a trespass When violence accompanies the act, it is called a trespass vi et armis.1. Any injury or offense done to another.If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14.2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin. Colossians 2:13.You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Ephesians 2:1