Submit Information on This Surname for a Chance to Win a $100 Genealogy DNA TestDNA test information. An Englishing of Gaelic MacMhurchaidh, 'son of Murchadh,' Englished Murdoch. Fowill Morthoison was burgess of Inverness, 1452 (Invernessiana, p. 122). John Murchosone was witness in Peebles, 1473 (Peebles, 24).
Writ of trespass on the case. WRIT OF TRESPASS ON THE CASE, practice. A writ which lies where a party sues for damages for any wrong or cause of complaint to which covenant or trespass will not apply. See 3 Woodes. 167; Steph. Pl. 15. 2. This action originates in the power given by the statute of Westm.
A man may trespass by walking over the ground of another, and the law gives a remedy for damages sustained. 2. To commit any offense or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude to the injury of another. If any man shall trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him-- 1 Kings 8. See Luke 17.