Check Point Questions Private Injuries vs. Public Offenses Intentional Torts, Negligence, and Strict Liability Civil Procedure Vocabulary
100
Tort is a private or civil wrong; crime is a public offense against society
What is the difference between a crime and a tort?
100
A tort
What is a private or civil wrong?
100
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?
100
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?
100
False Imprisonment
What is intentional confinement of a person against the person's will and without lawful privilege?
200
duty, breach, injury, causation
Name the four elements of a tort.
200
Duty
What's a legal obligation to do or not to do something?
200
Slander
Spoken defamation is what?
200
Intentional Tort
When are punitive damages usually available?
200
Defamation
What is it called when a false statement injures a person's reputation or good name?
300
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.
300
Breach
What's a violation of the duty?
300
you.
You and you friends are target practicing and your friend gets hurt. Who is liable?
300
Testimony
What is the most common form of evidence?
300
Injunction
What is a court order for a person to do or not to do a particular act?
400
The plaintiff can get a writ of execution.
How does a plaintiff collect damages if the defendant refuses to pay?
400
Injury
What is a harm that is recognized by the law?
400
Negligence
What is the most common tort?
400
After the jury for s specific case has been selected.
When do the attorneys make their opening statements?
400
Subpoena
What is a written order by the judge commanding a witness to appear and give testimony?
500
Injunction and Damages
Name the two remedies available in a civil suit.
500
Causation
What is proof that the breach caused the injury?
500
true
There are other types of trespassing to land without entry of someone else's property without their concent. (true or false)
500
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?
500
Strict Liability
What is the liability that exists even though the defendant was not negligent?






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