damage feasant

Etymology
From an phrase (compare modern French faisant dommage).

Noun

 * 1)  The doing of damage; in particular, the doing by animals such as cattle of damage by trespassing.
 * 2) * 1882 September 4, Dudley v McKenzie, a case before the Supreme Court of Vermont, reported in The Reporter: Containing Decisions of the Supreme and Circuit Courts:
 * Actual damages must be shown to justify impounding cattle taken for damage feasant. Where there is no real damage, the cattle cannot be held for the costs.