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Bus Law 1.03 Civ.
Understand Civil laws
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Actual Harm | Harm that interferes with the comfort or health of the victim. |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | Using mediation or arbitration to solve a dispute. |
| Arbitration | Settling a dispute out a courtroom. |
| Assault | Causing reasonable harm to a person to warrant a lawsuit. |
| Assumption of Risk | The plaintiff knew the risks of what they were doing, so they cannot sue on that basis. |
| Battery | Making contact without consent. |
| Breach | Violating a contract. |
| Causation | When a defendant's actions caused a result. |
| Comparative Negligence | Reducing the damages a defendant will face by seeing the degree to which the defendant was negligent. |
| Contributory Negligence | The plaintiff contributing to negligence, which would remove blame from the defendant. |
| Conversion | When someone tampers with another person's personal property. |
| Court Injunctions | An order from the court for someone to not do something. |
| Damages | A loss from injury or destruction of someone's self or demesne. |
| Defamation | Spreading false information about something. |
| Duty | An obligatory action. |
| False Imprisonment | Imprisoning or binding someone without a good reason. |
| Fraud | Obtaining something through deception. |
| Interference with Contracts | When the defendant intentionally causes someone to breach their contract. |
| Invasion of Privacy | Removing someone's sense of privacy when they have a reasonable expectation of privacy. |
| Mediation | Using a third party to come to an agreement for both sides outside of court. |
| Money Damages | Money being paid to the winning party in a lawsuit. |
| Negligence | Where the defendant was at fault for the plaintiff's harm of person, property, or reputation. |
| Proximate Cause | When the evidence shows it is more likely that something happened than did not. |
| Punitive Damages | Damages that would exceed just monetary rewards. |
| Tort | A wrongful act that leads to a civil lawsuit. |
| Trespass to Land | Entering someone's land without their consent. |
| Vicarious Liability | When someone is held responsible for another person's acts Ex) An employer. |
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