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nontrespassing

nontrespassing adjective: not trespassing.

Adjective

nontrespassing (not comparable)

  1. Not trespassing.
    • Under the common law a possessor of a domestic animal (cattle, dogs, cats) is liable for harm caused by the nontrespassing animal only if the possessor knows of an abnormally dangerous propensity of the animal.1987, Robert Joseph Janosik, Encyclopedia of the American judicial system
    • The streambed itself offers the only nontrespassing route.2005, William H. Skelton, Cherokee National Forest Hiking Guide

Origin of nontrespassing

From non- + trespassing.

Questions about nontrespassing

What does nontrespassing mean?
Nontrespassing means not trespassing.
What part of speech is nontrespassing?
Nontrespassing is an adjective.

Words near nontrespassing in the dictionary

  1. nontrendy
  2. nontreponemal
  3. nontrespass
  4. nontrespasser
  5. nontrespassers
  6. nontrespassing
  7. nontriadic
  8. nontrial
  9. nontriangular
  10. nontriangulated
  11. nontribal

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