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Business Law
Intentional Torts
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Law
Undergraduate 3
09/21/2010

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Term
Winning in a civil suit requires what percent of the jury decison?
Definition
50%
Term
Can you list every single kind of tort?
Definition
No. They are different in all instances
Term
What is a tort?
Definition
a civil wrong causing injury to persons, their property, or their economic interest.
Term
Examples of a tort
Definition
Assault and battery, automobile accidents, professional malpractice, and products liability.
Term
Battery
Definition
an offensive, unwanted injury.
Term
Assault
Definition
Physical threat
Term
False impriosnment
Definition
people are stopped and held under pretenses that you have done something wrong.
Term
Intent
Definition
desire to cause the consequences of an act or knowledge that the consequences are substantially certain to result from the act
Term
Libel
Definition
defamation communicated by writing, television, radio, or the like
Term
Defamation
Definition
injury to a person's reputation by publication of false statements
Term
Designated as libel if...
Definition
the defamatory communication is handwritten, typewritten, printed, pictorial or anything with tv or radio broadcast.
Term
Slander
Definition
If a libel is spoken or oral
Term
Trespass to real property
Definition
wrongful entry onto another's land
Term
Real Property
Definition
land and anything attached to it
Term
Examples of nuisance
Definition
emission of unpleasant odors, smoke, dust or gas.
Term
Public Disclosure of Private Facts
Definition
offensive publicity given to private information about another person
Term
False Light
Definition
offensive publicity placing another in a false light
Term

Which of the following is a defense to an intentional tort?

A. Consent

B. Self-defense

C. Defense of property

D. All of the above

Definition
D. All of the above
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