BLaw Chapter 5 Review

A single act can be both a tort and a crime.

• True
• False

A tort is considered to be an offense against society.

• True
• False

An actual harmful or offensive touching must be shown to prove the tort of assault.

• True
• False

A person who has consented to be detained by another cannot recover for the tort of false imprisonment.

• True
• False

Damages meant to punish the person who has committed a tort are called compensatory damages.

• True
• False

A witness who was at the scene of the crime and who is very sure about what happened is referred to as an expert witness.

• True
• False

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

• proximate cause
• intimate case
• incidental cause
• none listed

Spoken defamation is 

• libel
• label
• slander
• none listed

A civil case begins by the filing of a complaint by the

• prosecutor
• defendant
• grand jury
• plaintiff

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

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