TRESPASS VI ET ARMIS, practice. This is the remedy brought by the plaintiff
for an immediate injury committed with force. It is distinguished from an
action of trespass on the case, in this, that in the latter the injury is
consequential, and not committed with direct force. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2871,
3482; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 8583.