Trespass to Chattels

Trespass to Chattels

Definition

An actor's intentional act that interferes with the victim's superior right to possess personal property, but not seriously enough to justify requiring payment of the property's full value. Interference includes depriving the victim of the property's use for some appreciable amount of time or materially impairing the property's usefulness or value.

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