vis impressa

vis impressa
The original force employed in the commission of a tort or injury done with force. If the proximate cause of the injury is but a continuation of the original force, or vis impressa, the effect is immediate, and the appropriate remedy is trespass vi et armis. But if the original force, or vis impressa, had ceased to act before the injury commenced, the effect is mediate, and the appropriate remedy is trespass on the case. See Ricker v Freeman, 50 NH 420.

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  • Vis impressa — Vis Vis, n. 1. Force; power. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power. [1913 Webster] {Principle of vis viva} (Mech.), the principle that the difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating forces of a system and that …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vis impressa — /vis impresa/ The original act of force out of which an injury arises, as distinguished from vis proximа, the proximate force, or immediate cause of the injury …   Black's law dictionary

  • Vis — Vis, n. 1. Force; power. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power. [1913 Webster] {Principle of vis viva} (Mech.), the principle that the difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating forces of a system and that of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vis inertiae — Vis Vis, n. 1. Force; power. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power. [1913 Webster] {Principle of vis viva} (Mech.), the principle that the difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating forces of a system and that …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vis mortua — Vis Vis, n. 1. Force; power. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power. [1913 Webster] {Principle of vis viva} (Mech.), the principle that the difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating forces of a system and that …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vis vitae — Vis Vis, n. 1. Force; power. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power. [1913 Webster] {Principle of vis viva} (Mech.), the principle that the difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating forces of a system and that …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vis vitalis — Vis Vis, n. 1. Force; power. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power. [1913 Webster] {Principle of vis viva} (Mech.), the principle that the difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating forces of a system and that …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vis viva — Vis Vis, n. 1. Force; power. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) Physical force. (b) Moral power. [1913 Webster] {Principle of vis viva} (Mech.), the principle that the difference between the aggregate work of the accelerating forces of a system and that …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vis proximа — /vis proksama/ Immediate force. See vis impressa …   Black's law dictionary

  • vis proxima — Same as vis impressa …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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