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Tort law
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| battery | intentional, unauthorized physical contact that the victim considers harmful or offensive . |
| class action suit | a lawsuit started by a group of people over a complaint common to all of them . |
| contributory negligence | negligent actions by the plaintiff that helped cause their own injuries . |
| defamation | injury to a person’s reputation or good name by slander (spoken) or libel (written) . |
| discrimination (civil) | treating a person unfairly or unequally because of characteristics such as race, religion, or ability . |
| false imprisonment (tort) | unlawful restraint of a person’s freedom of movement . |
| negligence / duty of care | failure to meet the standard of care owed to others, causing foreseeable harm . |
| nuisance (from your later pages) | substantial and unreasonable interference with someone’s use or enjoyment of property . |
| occupiers’ liability (later term) | responsibility of those in control of premises to ensure that visitors are reasonably safe . |
| trespass (later term) | unlawful interference with a person, their property, or their land . |
| vicarious liability (later term) | liability of one person for the torts committed by another, such as an employer for an employee |
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