| A | B |
|---|
| crime | an offense against society |
| tort | an offense against an individual |
| damages | monetary award as compensation |
| duty | a legal obligation to (not) do something |
| breach | a violation of a duty |
| injury | a harm that is recognized by law |
| causation | proof that the breach caused the injury |
| negligence | carelessness of the defendant |
| strict liability | criteria for hazardous behavior |
| assault | when one person intentionally puts another in reasonable fear |
| battery | harmful or offensive touching of another |
| false imprisonment | the confinement of a person against their will |
| defamation | a false statement that injures a person's reputation |
| slander | spoken defamation |
| libel | written defamation |
| invasion of privacy | uninvited intrusion into an individual's relationships and activities |
| trespass to land | entry onto the property of another without the owner's consent |
| conversion | when property is stolen, destroyed, or used in a manner inconsistent with the owner's rights |
| fraud | an intentional or recklessly made misrepresentation of an important fact |
| reasonable person standard | you must act with the care, prudence and good judgement of a reasonable person |
| contributory negligence | plaintiff was also negligent and gets nothing as a result |
| comparative negligence | plaintiff was partially at fault and gets a percentage of damages |
| assumption of risk | plaintiff was aware of the danger but decided to subject themselves to it anyway |
| injuction | a court order for a person to do (or stop doing) something |
| compensatory damages | meant to place the injured party in the place he/she was in prior to the injury |
| punitive damages | meant to punish the person who inflicted the injury |
| plaintiff | the party that files the complaint |
| complaint | allegations detailing the injury caused by the defendant |
| summons | a court order to appear in court |
| discovery | a process to develop support for a case |
| depositions | sworn statements from a witness |
