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| Winning in a civil suit requires what percent of the jury decison? |
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| Can you list every single kind of tort? |
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| No. They are different in all instances |
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| a civil wrong causing injury to persons, their property, or their economic interest. |
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| Assault and battery, automobile accidents, professional malpractice, and products liability. |
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| an offensive, unwanted injury. |
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| people are stopped and held under pretenses that you have done something wrong. |
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| desire to cause the consequences of an act or knowledge that the consequences are substantially certain to result from the act |
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| defamation communicated by writing, television, radio, or the like |
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| injury to a person's reputation by publication of false statements |
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| Designated as libel if... |
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| the defamatory communication is handwritten, typewritten, printed, pictorial or anything with tv or radio broadcast. |
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| If a libel is spoken or oral |
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| Trespass to real property |
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| wrongful entry onto another's land |
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| land and anything attached to it |
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| emission of unpleasant odors, smoke, dust or gas. |
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| Public Disclosure of Private Facts |
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| offensive publicity given to private information about another person |
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| offensive publicity placing another in a false light |
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Which of the following is a defense to an intentional tort?
A. Consent
B. Self-defense
C. Defense of property
D. All of the above |
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