Best Torts Term Definitions
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- conversion
- defense
- defense of others
- defense of property
- degree of reprehensibility
- duty
- exclusive control
- exculpatory clauses
- false light
- false imprisonment
- firefighter’s rule
- foreseeability
- frolics
- going-and-coming rule
- gross negligence
- harmful acts (feasance)
- implied consent
- informed consent
- intent
- intentional infliction of emotional distress
- intervening cause
- intrusion upon seclusion
- invasion of privacy
- joint and several liability
Terms (continued)
- joint tortfeasor
- licensee
- loss of consortium
- market share liability
- misappropriation
- near miss claim
- negligence per se
- negligent infliction of emotional distress
- nominal damages
- offensive
- persona
- pre-existing relationship claims
- preponderance of evidence
- private necessity
- private nuisance
- professional malpractice
- proximate cause
- publication of private facts
- public necessity
- public nuisance
- punitive damages
- res ipsa loquitur
- respondeat superior
- right of contribution
- right of publicity
- rule of seven
- scope of employment
- self-defense
- several liability
- slander per se
- special relationship
- strict liability
- substantial factor
- superseding cause
- survival statute
- trespass to chattels
- trespass to land
- wrongful birth claim
- wrongful death claim
- wrongful life claim
- zone of danger