Legal A -- Civil Law

A tort, unlike a crime, is a:

• social wrong
• private or civil wrong
• public humiliation
• public wrong

What would be an example of a battery?

• yelling at someone
• spreading lies about someone's character
• Pushing in anger
• Causing someone harm through negligence

In tort law, a breach is a _____ of the duty.

• violation
• vindication
• fullfillment
• change

An injunction is a court order

• to refuse to do a certain act
• to not do a certain act
• to do a certain act
• to do or not to do a certain act

A false statement that injures a person's reputation or good name may constitute the tort of _______?

• defamation
• conversion
• invasion of privacy
• none of these

Torts based on carelessness are classified as _____?

• damages
• tort
• causation
• negligence

Which of the following compels a witness to appear in court and testify?

• the complaint
• the subpoena
• the tort
• the verdict

Punitive damages usually are available where an intentional tort has been committed.

• True
• False

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
• False

The degree of causation of a tort great enough to be recognized by law is called

• proximate cause
• intimate cause
• incidental cause
• none of these