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damage feasant en · NOUN

Etymology

From an Old French phrase (compare modern French faisant dommage).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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

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