EXTRA VIAM

extra viam (eks-tr[schwa] vI-[schwa]m). [Latin “out of the way”] A plaintiff’s responsive pleading in a trespass action, asserting that the defendant’s claim of a right-of-way across the plaintiff’s land is not a defense to the action because the defendant strayed from the supposed right-of-way. [Cases: Trespass 42. C.J.S. Trespass § 90.]