Intentional Torts

Question 1

Battery

Answer 1

Battery is the intentional, harmful or offensive touching of another.

Question 2

Assault

Answer 2

Assault is the intentional threatening of another with battery and the creating of reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm in the victim.

Question 3

False Imprisonment

Answer 3

False imprisonment is the intentional confinement of the plaintiff
by the defendant.

Question 4

Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress

Answer 4

Intentional infliction of mental (or emotional)
distress, is the intentional causing of severe emotional or mental distress in another
through extreme and outrageous conduct.

Question 5

Trespass to Land

Answer 5

Trespass to land is an intentional entry upon real property in the
possession of another.

Question 6

Trespass to Chattel

Answer 6

Trespass to chattel is the intentional interference with a person’s
use or possession of a chattel.

Question 7

Conversion

Answer 7

Conversion is an intentional assumption of dominion and control over the
chattel of another, resulting in a substantial interference with the plaintiff’s possessory
rights.