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bus law
1.03 Civil law
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Actual Harm | victim suffers an injury, has property destroyed or loses a lot of money |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | occurs when parties try and resolve a disagreement outside of the usual court system |
| Arbitration | giving the power to settle their dispute to a third party |
| Advantages | results in a fair solution because the decision is in the hands of an objective third party |
| Assult | when one person intentionally puts another in reasonable fear of an offensive or harmful bodily contact |
| Assumption of Risk | a defense raised when the plaintiff knew of the risk involved and still took the chance( ASSUMED RISK) of being injured |
| Battery | the harmful or offensive touching of another |
| Breach | when you break, your duty to another person |
| Causation | that breach of duty caused injury |
| Comparative Negligence | a defence that is raised when the carelessness of each party compared to the other party's carelessness |
| Contributory Neligence | a defense whenever the defendant can show that the victim did something that helped cause his or her own injuries |
| Conversion | when property is stolen, destroyed, or used in a manner that is inconsistent with an owners right |
| Court Injunctions | is a court order that prevents a party from performing a specific act and may be temporary of permanent |
| Damages | is a payment recovered in court by a person who has suffered an injury |
| Defamation | a false statement that injures a person reputation or good name |
| Duty | obligation to use a reasonable standard of care to prevent injury |
| False imprisonment | the intentional confinement of a person against the person's will and without the lawful ability to do so |
| Fraud | when there is an intentional misrepresentation of an existing important fact(that is a lie) which causes the victim to give up a right or something or value |
| Interference with Contracts | if a 3rd party encourages a breach in any way, then that 3rd party may be liable in tort |
| Invasion of Privacy | uninvited intrusion into a persons personal relationships and activities |
| Mediation | occurs when parties to a dispute invite a mediator, to help solve the problem |
| Money Damages | damages that are awarded to an injured party and the liable party has to pay |
| Negligence | a tort that is results when one person carelessly injures another, an accidental tort and requires no intent |
| Proximate Causes | when it is reasonably foreseeable that a breach of duty will result in injury |
| Punitive Damages | damages exceeding simple compensation and awarded to punish the defendant |
| Tort | a private wrong committed by one person against another |
| Trespass to land | entry onto the property of another without consent |
| Vicarious Liability | when one person is liable for the torts of another |
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