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Policing in America
Final
9
Law
Undergraduate 2
02/05/2009

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Term
Assumption of Risk
Definition
An individual who voluntarily engages in a known and foreseeable dangerous behavior cannot expect to recover damages sustained in conjunction with engaging in the dangerous behavior.
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Comparative Negligence
Definition
Allows a plaintiff to recover some portion of the damages caused by another's negligence even if the original person was also negligent and responsible for causing the injury.
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Contributory Negligence
Definition
Prevents a party from recovering for damages if they contributed in any way to the injury
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Breach of Duty
Definition
The refusal or neglect to execute an office or public trust according to law
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Proximate Cause
Definition
Proving that a plaintiff would have sustained injury or damage because an officer committed a breach of duty
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Strict Liability
Definition
Behaviors that are so dangerous that a reasonable person who engages in such behavior can be substantially certain the conduct will result in injury/damage
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Negligence Tort
Definition
Inadvertent behavior that results in damage or injury.
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Intentional Tort
Definition
Behaviors that are substantially certain to bring about injury or damage and the officer knowingly engaged in the behavior
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Civil Rights Act of 1871
Definition
Enacted by Congress to control the behavior of state officials and to allow persons whose constitutional rights were violated an avenue of legal redress
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