“And if waste be done sparsim, or here and there, all over a wood, the whole wood shall be recovered; or if in several rooms of a house, the whole house shall be forfeited; because it is impracticable for the reversioner to enjoy only the identical places wasted, when lying interspersed with the other. But if waste be done only in one end of a wood (or perhaps in one room of a house) if that can be conveniently separated from the rest, that part only is the locus vastatus, or thing wasted, and that only shall be forfeited to the reversioner.” 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 283–84 (1766).
sparsim
sparsim (spahr-sim). [Latin] Hist. Scattered; here and there. • This term was used in several situations — for example, when an action to recover for waste not only when the injury was complete, but also when the injury was partial or scattered.
