Trespass

“The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.”

“For a man's house is his castle, Et domut sua cuique tutissimnm refugium.”

“By the laws of England, every invasion of private property, be it ever so minute, is a trespass. No man can set his foot upon my ground without my licence, but he is liable to an action, though the damage be nothing.”

“Though it is not always of necessity, nor perhaps here, to go upon the original foundation of a right of law, yet I will beg leave to observe, when we apply the maxim, that every man's house is his castle, we mean not to persuade the inhabiter of a poor hut, that it is provided with draw-bridges or portcullises, but only that it is under such sufficient protection as may provide for his security in a more pleasant, or perhaps, a better way—that it is fortified by the law.”

“Whenever a person has any authority by law to do any particular act, and he abuses that authority, he makes himself a trespasser ab initio.”