Chris Webster Wrote:
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Ron Keagle
Here is the full context of
> the issue involving the term
> “trespass.”
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> Ron, my very limited understanding of the law is
> this:
a person who has a right to be on a
> property can become a trespasser if they commit
> wrongful acts on that property. An example
> of this is that you have the right to enter a
> shopping mall, but the mall security cop will
> issue a trespassing notice to you if you are
> caught shoplifting.
>
> I
presume this is why the US Attorney is
> using the term trespass -- he and the Forest
> Service appear to believe that the D&SNG's
> harvesting of timber was a wrongful act and so the
> D&SNG became a trespasser when it was committing
> that wrongful act.
Yes, I think that is what the reference to trespassing means in this case. I assume the following: It does not mean entering property without authorization. It means you lose the right to use property if you violate the terms of use. And once you lose that right to use the property, you are trespassing on it.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/2020 06:51AM by Ron Keagle.