Check Point Questions | Private Injuries vs. Public Offenses | Intentional Torts, Negligence, and Strict Liability | Civil Procedure | Vocabulary |
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Tort is a private or civil wrong; crime is a public offense against society
What is the difference between a crime and a tort?
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A tort
What is a private or civil wrong?
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True
An innocent buyer of stolen goods cannot be liable for conversion because the buyer had no intent to keep the goods from their rightful owner. True or False?
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Jury
Who decides the amount of compensatory or actual damages by deciding on a figure that would equal the plaintiff's lost wages and medical bills plus a more arbitrary amount for the plaintiff's pain and suffering?
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False Imprisonment
What is intentional confinement of a person against the person's will and without lawful privilege?
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duty, breach, injury, causation
Name the four elements of a tort.
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Duty
What's a legal obligation to do or not to do something?
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Slander
Spoken defamation is what?
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Intentional Tort
When are punitive damages usually available?
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Defamation
What is it called when a false statement injures a person's reputation or good name?
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Assault, battery, false imprisonment, defamation, invasion of privacy, trespass to land, conversion, interference with contractual relations, fraud
What are some of the most common intentional torts? *There are 9 different torts.
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Breach
What's a violation of the duty?
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you.
You and you friends are target practicing and your friend gets hurt. Who is liable?
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Testimony
What is the most common form of evidence?
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Injunction
What is a court order for a person to do or not to do a particular act?
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The plaintiff can get a writ of execution.
How does a plaintiff collect damages if the defendant refuses to pay?
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Injury
What is a harm that is recognized by the law?
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Negligence
What is the most common tort?
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After the jury for s specific case has been selected.
When do the attorneys make their opening statements?
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Subpoena
What is a written order by the judge commanding a witness to appear and give testimony?
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Injunction and Damages
Name the two remedies available in a civil suit.
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Causation
What is proof that the breach caused the injury?
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true
There are other types of trespassing to land without entry of someone else's property without their concent. (true or false)
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Judicial Error
Incorrect instructions to the jury, admission of evidence that should have been rejected, or exclusion of evidence that should have been admitted are examples of what?
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Strict Liability
What is the liability that exists even though the defendant was not negligent?
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