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Tort Law
Transferred Intent
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tort | A wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil legal liability |
| Chattels | An item of property other than real estate |
| transferred intent | Liability shifts from one person to another |
| intent | The resolve or determination to do (something) |
| Trespass to land | Enter the owner's land or property without permission |
| Trespass to chattels | Interfering with another person's enjoyment of personal property |
| assault | A physical attack |
| battery | An intentional tort that involves the unwanted, harmful, consented contact with a person |
| false imprisonment | Intentional restriction of another person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification or consent |
| Tort category of law | Civil |
| Elements of a tort | Duty, breach of duty, proximate cause and injury |
| Intentional tort | To plan to do something on purpose |
| Strict Liability | Liability which does not depend on actual negligence or intent to harm |
| Precedent | Earlier event regarded as an example |
| Ethics | Moral principles that govern a person's behavior |
| Statutory | Required, permitted or enacted by statute |
| Common law | Law derived from custom and judicial precedent |