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.
Initially trespass was any wrongful conduct directly causing injury or loss; in modern law trespass is an unauthorized entry upon land. A trespass gives the aggrieved party the right to bring a civil lawsuit and collect damages as compensation for the interference and for any harm suffered.n action for trespass can be maintained by the owner or anyone else who has a lawful right to occupy the real property, such as the owner of an apartment building, a tenant, or a member of the tenant's family.