trespass offering

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trespass offering - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trespass \Tres"pass\, n. [OF. trespas, F. tr['e]pas death. See
     Trespass, v.]
     1. Any injury or offence done to another.
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              I you forgive all wholly this trespass. --Chaucer.
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              If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
              your Father forgive your trespasses.  --Matt. vi.
                                                    15.
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     2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any
        violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
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              The fatal trespass done by Eve.       --Milton.
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              You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins.
                                                    --Eph. if. 1.
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     3. (Law)
        (a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi
            et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights
            of another.
        (b) An action for injuries accompanied with force.
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     Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation
        of a trespass.
  
     Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under
        Case.
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     Syn: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression;
          misdemeanor; misdeed.
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trespass offering - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Trespass offering
  (Heb. 'asham, "debt"), the law concerning, given in Lev.
  5:14-6:7; also in Num. 5:5-8. The idea of sin as a "debt"
  pervades this legislation. The _asham_, which was always a ram,
  was offered in cases where sins were more private. (See OFFERING.)