Torts I
Trespass to Chattel
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Trespass to chattel
is the:
intent
ional
interference with or dispossession of
the chattel of another
resulting in
damage
thereto.
Dispossession itself can be a
damage
if it is for a sufficient length of time.
A victim of a
trespass to chattel
must accept the return of the chattel.