Legal Terms Chapter 16 - Intentional Torts

Question 1

Acquitted

Answer 1

Discharged from accusation.

Question 2

Actionable

Answer 2

Furnishing legal grounds for a lawsuit.

Question 3

Appropriation of identity

Answer 3

Using likeness or name of another without permission.

Question 4

Assault

Answer 4

An act that intentionally creates in the victim a reasonable apprehension of an imminent battery.

Question 5

Battery

Answer 5

The intentional contact with another person without that person’s permission and without justification.

Question 6

Conversion

Answer 6

The wrongful exercise of dominion and control over the personal property in the possession of another.

Question 7

Damages

Answer 7

Money which is intended to compensate the injured party for losses caused by the tortious act of the tortfeasor.

Question 8

Deceit

Answer 8

A misrepresentation of a material, existing fact, knowingly made, that causes someone reasonably relying on it to suffer damages; also called fraud.

Question 9

Defamation

Answer 9

The wrongful act of damaging someone’s character or reputation by making or repeating a false statement about that person.

Question 10

False arrest

Answer 10

The intentional confinement of a person without legal justification; also called false imprisonment.

Question 11

False imprisonment

Answer 11

The intentional confinement of a person without legal justification; also called false arrest.

Question 12

False light

Answer 12

A media public disclosure that, while not technically false, creates a misleading impression.

Question 13

Fraud

Answer 13

One person, by false representation of material facts, induces another to act and thereby suffer a financial loss; also called deceit.

Question 14

Intentional infliction of emotional distress

Answer 14

A type of tort whereby the intentional conduct of a person (extreme and outrageous intentional conduct) results in extreme emotional suffering.

Question 15

Intentional torts

Answer 15

Torts that are committed intentionally or deliberately; also known as willful torts.

Question 16

Invasion of privacy

Answer 16

A violation of the right of privacy.

Question 17

Invasion of solitude

Answer 17

Peeping on someone in a private location.

Question 18

Libel

Answer 18

Defamation that is communicated by a writing, drawing, photograph, TV program, internet posting, or other broadcast based defamation; this takes precedence over slander.

Question 19

Malicious prosecution

Answer 19

One person has unsuccessfully brought criminal or civil charges against another, with malice and without probable cause.

Question 20

Misrepresentation

Answer 20

A false or deceptive statement of act.

Question 21

Moral turpitude

Answer 21

Immorality.

Question 22

Negligent infliction of emotional distress

Answer 22

A defendant commits an accidental act that is foreseeable to lead to the plaintiff’s emotional distress; limited in many states.

Question 23

Nuisance

Answer 23

The use of one’s property in a way that causes annoyance, inconvenience, or discomfort to another.

Question 24

Per se

Answer 24

In and of itself; taken alone.

Question 25

Public disclosure of private facts

Answer 25

Revealing sensitive and private information of an individual that is not a public concern and is offensive to make in public.

Question 26

Private nuisance

Answer 26

A nuisance that disturbs one neighbor only.

Question 27

Public nuisance

Answer 27

A nuisance that affects the community at large.

Question 28

Reasonable time

Answer 28

A time, left to the discretion of the judge, that may be fairly allowed depending on the circumstances.

Question 29

Right of privacy

Answer 29

The right to be left alone, the right to be free from uncalled-for publicity, and the right to live without unreasonable interference by the public in private matters.

Question 30

Scientor

Answer 30

Knowingly or consciously.

Question 31

Slander

Answer 31

Oral defamation; notwithstanding that spoken word on TV or radio is libel.

Question 32

Special damages

Answer 32

Damages that are capable of exact dollar-amount calculations, such as the cost of medical treatment or any loss of wages.

Question 33

Tortious

Answer 33

Wrongful; implying or involving tort.

Question 34

Trespass

Answer 34

The intentional and unauthorized entry on the land of another.

Question 35

Trespass de bonis asportatis

Answer 35

An action brought to recover damages from a person who has taken goods or property from its rightful owner.

Question 36

Unintentional torts

Answer 36

Torts that are committed accidentally and due to negligence.

Question 37

Waste

Answer 37

The abuse or destructive use of property that is in one's rightful possession.

Question 38

Willful torts

Answer 38

Another name for intentional torts.