| A | B |
|---|
| compensatory damages | award for harm caused by defendant |
| nominal damages | token amount to let defendant know he/she was wrong |
| punitive damages | amounts of money awarded to plaintiff in order to punish defendant |
| battery | person intentionally causes a harmful or offensive contact to another person |
| assault | person intentionally puts someone in fear of immediate harm |
| mental distress | intentionally using words or actions meant to cause someone fright |
| defamation | slander and libel |
| slander | oral statements causing harm |
| libel | written defamation |
| malice | must be present in order to win a defamation lawsuit against the media |
| real property | land and items attached to it |
| personal property | property that can be moved |
| intellectual property | ownership in creations of a person's mind |
| trespass | going onto property without permission |
| nuisance | unreasnable interference to your property |
| injunction | requires a person to do or not do a specific act |
| attractive nuisance | usually attached to construction sites |
| conversion | taking property and making it your own |
| patent | something you have invented |
| copyright | ownership of your own expression |
