CH. 16

Question 1

acquitted

Answer 1

Discharged from accusation.

Question 2

actionable

Answer 2

That which creates or affords a basis to sue.

Question 3

assault

Answer 3

The intentional creation of a reasonable apprehension of an imminent battery.

Question 4

battery

Answer 4

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

Question 5

conversion

Answer 5

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

Question 6

damages

Answer 6

The monetary loss suffered by a party as a result of a wrong.

Question 7

deceit & fraud

Answer 7

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

Question 8

defamation

Answer 8

The wrongful act of damaging another’s character or reputation by the use of false
statements.

Question 9

emotional distress

Answer 9

Emotional suffering caused by the infliction of extreme and outrageous intentional
conduct by another.

Question 10

false arrest & false imprisonment

Answer 10

The intentional confinement of a person without legal justification.

Question 11

intentional infliction of emotional distress

Answer 11

Emotional suffering caused by the infliction of extreme and outrageous intentional
conduct by another.

Question 12

intentional torts & willful torts

Answer 12

Torts that are committed intentionally.

Question 13

invasion of privacy

Answer 13

A violation of the right of privacy.

Question 14

libel

Answer 14

Defamation that is communicated by a writing or by other means that is directed
toward the sense of sight.

Question 15

malicious prosecution

Answer 15

Prosecution begun in malice without probable cause.

Question 16

misrepresentation

Answer 16

A false or deceptive statement or act.

Question 17

nuisance

Answer 17

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

Question 18

per se

Answer 18

In and of itself; taken alone.

Question 19

private nuisance

Answer 19

A nuisance that disturbs one neighbor only.

Question 20

v. public nuisance

Answer 20

A nuisance that affects the community at large.

Question 21

right of privacy

Answer 21

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 22

scienter

Answer 22

Knowingly.

Question 23

slander

Answer 23

Defamation that is communicated by the spoken word.

Question 24

tortious

Answer 24

Wrongful; implying or involving tort.

Question 25

trespass

Answer 25

The intentional and unauthorized entry on the land of another.

Question 26

trespass de bonis asportatis

Answer 26

Trespass for goods carried away.

Question 27

unintentional torts

Answer 27

Negligent or accidental torts.

Question 28

waste

Answer 28

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