Criminal or Civil Law Flashcards
Conversion
Civil (When someone does something with your property that breaches your rights)
Theft
Criminal (Taking something capable of being stolen)
Battery
Civil (The infliction of physical harm to someone)
Attempted Murder
Criminal
Breach of Contract
Civil (Someone unlawfully attacks or does something to someone with the intent to kill them)
Fraud
Criminal (Doing something to someone that is dishonest to gain advantage or cause detriment)
Personal injury
Civil (An injury to the body or mind)
Criminal negligence
Criminal (A degree of departure from reasonable care which would justify criminal punishment)
Assault
Civil (An actual physical application of force or threatened application of force)
Damages
Civil (Damages is a sum of money awarded by the courts to replace the value of lost property, expenses, pain, and death)
Mischief
Criminal (An affect affecting property belonging to the person who commits the act, or to that person and others)