damage feasant
nounEtymology From an Old French phrase (compare modern French faisant dommage).
1
Law The doing of damage; in particular, the doing by animals such as cattle of damage by trespassing.
- Actual damages must be shown to justify impounding cattle taken for damage feasant. Where there is no real damage, the cattle cannot be held for the costs.1882 September 4, Dudley v McKenzie, a case before the Supreme Court of Vermont, reported in The Reporter: Containing Decisions of the Supreme and Circuit Courts