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CH 13 897586
Chapter 13 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Animal Cases | Tort litigation involving injuries or damages caused by animals, including livestock, domesticated wild animals, household pets, or farm animals; these cases fall under strict liability tort law. |
| Assault | An act that creates in a person immediate fear of an 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 person |
| Comparative Negligence Doctrine | The rule under which negligence is measured by percentage and damages are diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the plaintiff. |
| Consent | Agreement; voluntary acceptance of wish of another |
| Contributory Negligence | The rule under which negligence is measured by percentage and damages are diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the plaintiff. |
| Conversion | Taking property that belongs to another and using it as ones own. |
| Defense of Property | Affirmative defense in criminal or tort law when force was used to protect ones property. |
| Extrahazardous Activity | An activity that carries the likelihood of causing some types of damage even if reasonable care is exercised. |
| False Imprisonment | Holding a person against his or her will without legal authority. |
| Intentional Tort | Wrong perpetrated by one who intends to break the law. |
| Libel | In torts, damage to a persons reputation by written or published information. |
| Malpractice | Professional misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill; a violation of a standard of care. |
| Negligence | Failure to use care that a reasonable and prudent person would use under similar circumstances. |
| Privilege | A benefit or advantage to certain persons beyond the advantages of other persons e.h, and exemption, immunity, power, etc |
| Products Liability | Legal responsibility of manufacturers and sellers to buyers, users, and bystanders for damages or injuries, suffered because of defects in goods. |
| Recapture of Chattels | A defense to personal injury claims that asserts the defendant was attempting to recover his or her, or applying the property will be lost, removed, or injured. |
| Self-defense | The right of a person to defend his or her person, property, home or family against anyone who intends to commit a forcible felony. |
| Slander | Damages to persons reputation by spoken information |
| Strict Liability | Concept applied by the courts in product liability cases that when a manufacturer presents its goods for sale it is representing that the goods are suitable for their intended use. |
| Torts | A private or civil wrong or injury for which the court provides a remedy through an action for damages. |
| Trespass to land | Illegal entry upon the land of another. |
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