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NALS Chapter13_75499
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Animal cases | Tort litigation involving injuries or damages caused by animals, including live stock, domesticated wild animals, house hold pets, or family animals; these cases fall under strict liability tort law |
Assault | An act that creates in a person immediate fear of attempted battery |
Assumption of risk | the legal rule under which a person may not recover for an injury he or she receives when voluntarily exposing him or herself to a known danger. |
Battery | A harmful offensive touching of another's person |
Comparative negligence doctrine | The rule under which negligence is measured by a percentage and damages are diminshed in proportion to the amount of negligence attribute to the plantiff |
Consent | Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another |
Contributory Negligence | An affirmative defense that asserts the injuries and damages complained of by the plaintiff were caused in whole or in part by the plaintiff's own negligence |
Conversion | Taking property that belongs to another and using it as one's own |
Defense of Property | Affirmative defense in criminal or tort law when forced was used to protect one's property |
Extra-hazardous activity | An activity that carries the likelihood of causing some types of damages even if reasonable care is exercised |
False imprisonment | |
Intentional tort | |
Libel | |
Malpractice | |
Negligence | |
Privilege | |
Products Liability | |
Recapture of chattels | |
Self-defense | |
Slander | |
Strict liability | |
Tort(s) | |
respass to land |