property tort

  • 11PROPERTY — Classification Property may be divided into different classes in accordance with the various legal principles applicable thereto. One common division is between immovable property and movables, distinguished from each other in the following… …

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  • 12Property (conflict) — In Conflict of Laws, the subject of Property Law follows the terminology of the civil law systems out of Comity. Hence, there are two types of property: * Immovables is the equivalent of real property in common law systems, i.e. it is land or any …

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  • 13tort — A civil wrong other than one relating to a contract. The law of tort is concerned with providing damages for personal injury and damage to property resulting from negligence. It is also concerned with protecting against defamation of character… …

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  • 14tort — A wrong. Hayes v Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. 125 111 626, 18 NE 322. A wrong independent of contract. International Ocean Tel. Co. v Saunders, 32 Fla 434, 14 So 148. A breach of duty which the law, as distinguished from a mere contract, has… …

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  • 15Tort of deceit — The tort of deceit, also known as fraud , dates in its modern development from Pasley v. Freeman . [(1789) 3 T.R. 51] Here the defendant said that a third party was creditworthy to the claimant, knowing he was broke. The claimant loaned the third …

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  • 16tort — [[t]tɔrt[/t]] n. law Law. a wrongful act resulting in injury to another s person, property, or reputation, for which the injured party is entitled to seek compensation • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME: injury, wrong < OF < ML tortum wrong,… …

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  • 17tort — /tɔ:t/ noun harm done to a person or property which can be the basis of a civil lawsuit …

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  • 18tort — /tɔ:t/ noun harm done to a person or property which can be the basis of a civil lawsuit …

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  • 19United States tort law — Under United States tort law, torts are generally divided into three categories: intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability torts.Intentional TortsIntentional torts include those actions that are intentional and voluntary and that are… …

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  • 20English tort law — Tort law in England and Wales concerns civil wrongs, as distinguished from criminal wrongs. Some wrongs are the concern of the state, and so the police with aids can enforce the law on the wrongdoers in court in a criminal case. A tort is not… …

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