Match the following
Unit 6 Vocabulary

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9th - 12th Grade
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MATCH QUESTION
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An order to appear before a judge
Tort
An agreement intended to settle a dispute
Intentional Tort
type of unintended accident that leads to injury, property damage,or financial loss.
Unintentional Tort
A breach of some obligation, causing harm or injury to someone;
Settlement
An action taken deliberately to harm another person and/or his or herproperty; intentional wrong.
Summons
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MATCH QUESTION
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The legal responsibility for damage or injury even if you are not negligent.
Negligence
The failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care in either doing or not doing something,
Strict Liability
Legal responsibility; the obligation to do or not do something.
Duty
A legal obligation.
Liability
Harms done to people through the failure of another to exercise a certain level of care.
Negligence Tort
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MATCH QUESTION
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limits damages the defendant must pay to only those harms that are reasonably predictable.
“Reasonable Person”
The watchfulness, attention, caution, and prudence that a reasonable person would exercise.
Proximate Cause
Asks if the defendant should have foreseen the consequences that resulted from their action.
Foreseeability Test
The violation of a law, or obligation, either by engaging in an action or failing to act.
Standard of Care
The idealized standard of how a community expects its members toact.
Breach of Duty
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MATCH QUESTION
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In a civil case, the injured party who brings legal action against the alleged wrongdoer.
Contributory Negligence
The injuries or losses suffered by one person due to the fault of another
Defendant
defense in which it is determined that the plaintiff and defendant share the fault for a negligence
Damages
The person against whom a claim is made. In a civil suit, the defendant is the person being sued.
Plaintiff
a finding that the plaintiff was partly at fault and,therefore, does not deserve full compensation
Comparative Negligence
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MATCH QUESTION
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money the court requires a defendant to pay a winning plaintiff to make up for harm caused.
standard of proof
a party must provide evidence that is more convincing than the other side's evidence
Assumption of Risk
whereby the plaintiff is considered to have voluntarily accepted a known danger/risk.
preponderance of evidence
he level of certainty and the degree of evidence necessary to establish proof in a civil case
Compensatory damages
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MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Awards in excess of the proven economic loss. Meant to punish.
Nominal Damages
What is done to compensate for an injury or to enforce some right.
Punitive Damages
A token amount of money awarded by a court to a plaintiff to show that the claim was justified
Remedy
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