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Chapter 6 and 7
Torts
9
Business
Undergraduate 2
10/31/2012

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Term
Battery
Definition
Wrongful and intentional touching of another in a harmful or offensive manor
Term
Assault
Definition
Wrongful and intentional act that causes reasonable fear of impending battery
Term
False Imprisonment
Definition
Wrongful and intentional restraining of another against their will
Term
Defamation
Definition
Oral or written communication to others about somebody else that is false and lowers their reputation.
Term
Appropriation
Definition
Not allowed to use someone’s identity without permission to (generally) sell something
Term
Malice
Definition
Person knows that their statement about another person is untrue or they are just guessing
Term
Negligence
Definition
Failure to use reasonable care, resulting in damage or injury to another
Term
Cause in Fact
Definition
Connecting conduct with a resulting effect, typically an injury
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Proximate Cause
Definition
An event sufficiently related to a legally recognizable injury to be held to be the cause of that injury; You only have to pay for the damages that were forseeable for that negligence
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