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Intentional torts
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Economics
Undergraduate 3
03/02/2011

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Ch. 5 Intentional Tort
Definition
Assault-Threat of immediate harm or offensive contact
Battery-is unauthorized and harmful or offensive physical contact with another person.
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False imprisonment
Definition
Restraints or confinement, without authority or justification and without that person's consent
Term
Misappropriation of the right to publicity
Definition
tort of misappropriation-In such cases, the plaintiff can recover the unauthorized profits made by the offending party.
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Intentional misrepresentation
Definition
This tort is also known as fraud or deceit. Occurs when wrongdoer decieves another person out of money,property, or something eles of value.
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Malicious Prosecution
Definition
1. The plaintiff i n the original lawsuit instituted or was responsible for instituting the original Lawsuits.
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Malicious Prosecution
Definition
1. The plaintiff i n the original lawsuit instituted or was responsible for instituting the original Lawsuits.
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Invasion of rights to privacy
Definition
Person has the right to live their life without being subjected to unwarrent and undesired publicity
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Intentional infliction of Emotional Distress
Definition
Plantiff must prove outrageous behavior intolerable in a civilized society
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Tresspass to Land
Definition
Interference within owners right to exclusive possession of land
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Terespass to personal property
Definition
ones persons injures another persons personal property
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Conversion of personal properties
Definition
fails to returns a borrowed car
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