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Tort Law Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
tort law - Answer✔️✔️-based on the idea that everyone has certain rights
(i.e., privacy, good name & reputation, etc.) and everyone has a duty to
respect the rights of others
tort - Answer✔️✔️-a private wrong committed by one person against
another
elements of a tort - Answer✔️✔️-possession of certain rights by an innocent
party, violation of those rights, resulting injury that hurts the innocent
party
victim - Answer✔️✔️-person who is injured by a tort; also referred to as the
innocent party
plaintiff - Answer✔️✔️-person who initiates a lawsuit
tortfeasor - Answer✔️✔️-the defendant in a lawsuit who allegedly
committed a tort
characteristics of criminal law - Answer✔️✔️-crimes are against the public
good; legal process includes a criminal trial; goal is to protect society and
punish offenders
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characteristics of tort law - Answer✔️✔️-torts are against a person or
property; legal process includes a civil lawsuit; goal is to compensate the
victim for his/her injury
intentional tort - Answer✔️✔️-actions that deliberately hurt, embarrass, or
scare another person
assault - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort that occurs when one person threatens
to harm another person; has occurred as soon as you are afraid of
immediate harm to your body; an example is someone pulling a knife on
you
battery - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort that occurs when one person touches
another person in an unlawful or unwanted manner; can also affect items
closely associated with the body (i.e., hat or backpack); an example is
pulling a chair out from underneath someone
false imprisonment - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort based on the idea that
people have a right to move around freely; cannot be detained without
reasonable grounds or for more than a reasonable amount of time
defamation - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort that occurs when one person lies
about another person in a way that hurts the innocent person's reputation;
examples include libel (written, printed or recorded) and slander (verbal or
spoken)
invasion of privacy - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort that occurs when one
person interferes with another person's right to be left alone; examples
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Tort Law Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
tort law - Answer✔️✔️-based on the idea that everyone has certain rights
(i.e., privacy, good name & reputation, etc.) and everyone has a duty to
respect the rights of others
tort - Answer✔️✔️-a private wrong committed by one person against
another
elements of a tort - Answer✔️✔️-possession of certain rights by an innocent
party, violation of those rights, resulting injury that hurts the innocent
party
victim - Answer✔️✔️-person who is injured by a tort; also referred to as the
innocent party
plaintiff - Answer✔️✔️-person who initiates a lawsuit
tortfeasor - Answer✔️✔️-the defendant in a lawsuit who allegedly
committed a tort
characteristics of criminal law - Answer✔️✔️-crimes are against the public
good; legal process includes a criminal trial; goal is to protect society and
punish offenders
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characteristics of tort law - Answer✔️✔️-torts are against a person or
property; legal process includes a civil lawsuit; goal is to compensate the
victim for his/her injury
intentional tort - Answer✔️✔️-actions that deliberately hurt, embarrass, or
scare another person
assault - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort that occurs when one person threatens
to harm another person; has occurred as soon as you are afraid of
immediate harm to your body; an example is someone pulling a knife on
you
battery - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort that occurs when one person touches
another person in an unlawful or unwanted manner; can also affect items
closely associated with the body (i.e., hat or backpack); an example is
pulling a chair out from underneath someone
false imprisonment - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort based on the idea that
people have a right to move around freely; cannot be detained without
reasonable grounds or for more than a reasonable amount of time
defamation - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort that occurs when one person lies
about another person in a way that hurts the innocent person's reputation;
examples include libel (written, printed or recorded) and slander (verbal or
spoken)
invasion of privacy - Answer✔️✔️-intentional tort that occurs when one
person interferes with another person's right to be left alone; examples
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