damage feasant /ˌdamɪdʒ ˈfiːznt 
/ English law ▸ noun [mass noun] damage done on one person's land by another person's trespassing animal, which justifies the landowner in retaining the animal until compensated. ▸ adverb on grounds of damage caused to land or property: I can distrain the goods damage feasant.
– ORIGIN late 16th century: from Old French damage fesant ‘doing damage’.
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