damages feasant

Noun

damage feasant (countable and uncountable, plural damages feasant)

1. 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