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the only crime where 'I was just exploring' is technically a confession.
means To enter someone's land or property without permission, or more broadly to overstep a moral or legal boundary.
from From Old French 'trespasser,' to pass beyond or across, built from 'tres-' (across, from Latin 'trans') plus 'passer' (to pass). The literal sense was simply 'to cross over'—and that crossing-over is the whole idea: you've gone past where you were allowed. The same root gives the gentler old English sense in 'forgive us our trespasses,' where the boundary crossed is moral rather than a fence line.
- old meaning
- Originally meant any sin or wrongdoing at all
- in prayer
- Lord's Prayer uses it to mean transgressions
- signage trick
- Posted signs can legally upgrade your penalty
- two flavors
- Comes in civil and criminal varieties
- law origin
- Foundation of early English personal-injury lawsuits
for instance
occupy wall street — 2011 protest movement in zuccotti park, nyc involving trespass on private property