LEGL 225 TOWSON EXAM 2 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Torts - ANS A violation of a duty imposed by the civil law
Intentional Tort - ANS Harm caused by a deliberate action
Defamation - ANS Concerns false statements that harm someone's reputation
Libel - ANS Written defamation
Slander - ANS Oral defamation
Elements in a Defamation Case - ANS 1)Defamatory statement
2)Falsity
3)Communicated
4)Injury(Slander per se and Libel per se)
Slander per se - ANS When oral statements relate to criminal or sexual conduct, contagious
diseases, or professional abilities, they are assumed to be harmful to the subject's reputation
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, Libel per se - ANS When written statements relate to criminal or sexual conduct, contagious
diseases, or professional abilities, they are assumed to be harmful to the subject's reputation
Absolute Privilage - ANS A witness testifying in a court or legislature may never be sued for
defamation
False Imprisonment - ANS The intentional restraint of another person without reasonable
cause and without consent
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress - ANS An intentional tort in which the harm
results from extreme and outrageous conduct that cause serious emotional harm
Battery - ANS An intentional touching of another person in a way that is harmful or offensive
Assault - ANS An act that makes a person reasonably fear an imminent battery
Trespass - ANS Intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on the
land after being asked to leave
Conversion - ANS Taking or using someone's personal property without consent
Fraud - ANS Injuring another person by deliberate deception
Compensatory Damage - ANS Money intended to restore a plaintiff to the position he was in
before the injury
Single Recovery Principle - ANS Requires a court to settle the matter once and for all by
awarding a lump sum for past and future expenses
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Torts - ANS A violation of a duty imposed by the civil law
Intentional Tort - ANS Harm caused by a deliberate action
Defamation - ANS Concerns false statements that harm someone's reputation
Libel - ANS Written defamation
Slander - ANS Oral defamation
Elements in a Defamation Case - ANS 1)Defamatory statement
2)Falsity
3)Communicated
4)Injury(Slander per se and Libel per se)
Slander per se - ANS When oral statements relate to criminal or sexual conduct, contagious
diseases, or professional abilities, they are assumed to be harmful to the subject's reputation
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, Libel per se - ANS When written statements relate to criminal or sexual conduct, contagious
diseases, or professional abilities, they are assumed to be harmful to the subject's reputation
Absolute Privilage - ANS A witness testifying in a court or legislature may never be sued for
defamation
False Imprisonment - ANS The intentional restraint of another person without reasonable
cause and without consent
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress - ANS An intentional tort in which the harm
results from extreme and outrageous conduct that cause serious emotional harm
Battery - ANS An intentional touching of another person in a way that is harmful or offensive
Assault - ANS An act that makes a person reasonably fear an imminent battery
Trespass - ANS Intentionally entering land that belongs to someone else or remaining on the
land after being asked to leave
Conversion - ANS Taking or using someone's personal property without consent
Fraud - ANS Injuring another person by deliberate deception
Compensatory Damage - ANS Money intended to restore a plaintiff to the position he was in
before the injury
Single Recovery Principle - ANS Requires a court to settle the matter once and for all by
awarding a lump sum for past and future expenses
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