This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol4 Torts, Damages, Domestic Relations", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
Trespass,1 waste and nuisance, are alike injuries to real property. There are, however, sharply defined distinctions between the three forms of wrongs. Where a person, not in possession of property, damages such property, the wrong is a "trespass;" if the wrongdoer is in possession of the property, the damage becomes "waste;" if the action which causes the injury takes place off of the property injured, it is a "nuisance."
 
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