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What is a law?
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Represents the needs of society at any particular point in time.
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What are the 3 types of torts that can fit under civil and criminal law?
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Assault, Battery & False Imprisonment
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What are Nominal Damages?
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Damages where an individual recovers $1.00; court will agree that the injured plf' has sustained an injury, but a theoretical injury.
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What are Actual/Compensatory Damages?
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Black/white damages. Proof of all monetary costs incurred from the damage.
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What are Punitive/Exemplary Damages?
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Used to make an example of behavior and to punish. Must have actual/compensatory damages to receive.
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What are the 7 types of intentional torts?
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FIT CAT B
False Imprisonment, Intentional Infliciton of Emotional Distress, Trespass to Chattels, Conversion, Assault, Trespass to Land, Battery |
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What is "FIT CAT B"?
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False Imprisonment, Intentional Infliciton of Emotional Distress, Trespass to Chattels, Conversion, Assault, Trespass to Land, Battery
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