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| small children have a natural understanding of what it means to do something with intention |
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| Actions taken to deliberately harm another person or their property |
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| a person who proves that someone else committed an intentional tort against him or her can recover damages to make up for the harm caused. |
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| a token amount of money awarded by the court to show that the claim was justified. |
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| are amounts of money awarded to the plaintiff to punish the defendant for malicious, willful, or outrageous acts. |
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| when a person intentionally causes a harmful or offensive contact with another person. |
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| when a person goes beyond mere words and intentionally makes someone fear an immediate harmful or offensive contact. |
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| Infliction of emotional distress |
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| Scaring someone using words or actions that are emotional distress. |
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| A persons reputation is protected by laws prohibiting. |
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| protects a person's right to be free from unreasonable restraint. |
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| oral statements that harm reputation. |
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| when someone unlawfully exercises control over the personal property of another person. |
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recognizes your ownership of the invention.
Protects inventions. |
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recongnizes ownership of the expression.
a form of creative expression such as a book, a movie, a computer program or a song. |
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| to sell copies of the work to display copies of the work in public to perform one |
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| once the copyright statute allows limited legal reproduction of copyrighted works for certain noncommercial purposes, such as criticism, news, reporting, scholarship, or research. |
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| The law protects the creations of peoples minds which are a form of property. These items of property are owned by the individuals who create them and they need protection from theft. |
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| the law requires the homeowner to protect children who might wander onto their property against a dangerous instrumentally which they might want to play with. |
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| Guests or invites(postal employee) |
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| you must warn them of any known dangers on your property. |
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| you are entering someones property when you are not supposed to |
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| 3 kinds of property torts |
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Damage to real property.
Personal property.
Intellectual property. |
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| you are responsible for your actions no matter the level of care. |
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