In common law, battery is a tort falling under the umbrella term 'trespass to the person'. Entailing unlawful contact which is directed and intentional...

tort, as opposed to a tort of negligence. Actual ability to carry out the apprehended contact is not necessary. 'The conduct forbidden by this tort is...

electrochemical List of battery types Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of intentional harmful or offensive contact Artillery battery, an organized group...

it out. Aggravated battery is, typically, offensive touching without a tool or weapon with attempt to harm or restrain. Assault (tort) Assault occasioning...

crimes, tort law aims to compensate individuals who suffer harm as a result of the actions of others. Some wrongful acts, such as assault and battery, can...

reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive contact. Battery (tort) – Bringing about an unconsentful harmful or offensive contact with...

the tort of battery. Actual damages are not required for a prima facie case of battery. To successfully sue a defendant liable for an intentional tort, the...

consists of three torts: assault, battery, and false imprisonment. In various common law jurisdictions, assault is both a crime and a tort. Generally, a person...

are three general categories of torts: intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability torts. Intentional torts involve situations in which the defendant...

person making it is about to use criminal force on him. Battery: The criteria for battery in Indian tort law is equivalent to that of criminal force defined...

another person Reasonable belief to feel threatened with imminent harm Battery (tort) – Bringing about an unconsentful harmful or offensive contact with...

and telemedicine and health reform issues. Abortion law Assault (tort) and Battery (tort), a form of trespass to the person Bioethics Competence (law) Compulsory...

this category of torts was often covered by the writ of trespass vi et armis. Historically, the primary dignitary torts were battery, assault, and false...

harm or unwanted physical contact Battery (crime), a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of...

based on a closed system[clarification needed] of nominate torts, such as trespass, battery and conversion. This is in contrast to continental legal systems...

common law form of assault. The common law tort of assault did not allow for liability when a threat of battery was not imminent. A common case would be...

Tort reform consists of changes in the civil justice system in common law countries that aim to reduce the ability of plaintiffs to bring tort litigation...

care expected to be exercised in similar circumstances. Within the scope of tort law, negligence pertains to harm caused by the violation of a duty of care...

and tort law. Traditionally, common law legal systems have separate definitions for assault and battery. When this distinction is observed, battery refers...

The system of tort law in Australia is broadly similar to that in other common law countries. However, some divergences in approach have occurred as its...

the tort of negligence. Battery and assault require the claimant to establish that the defendant intended to act, while false imprisonment is a tort of...

Economic torts, which are also called business torts, are torts that provide the common law rules on liability which arise out of business transactions...

The tort of seduction was a civil wrong or tort in common law legal systems, and still exists in some jurisdictions. Originally, it allowed an unmarried...

Conversion is an intentional tort consisting of "taking with the intent of exercising over the chattel an ownership inconsistent with the real owner's...

business. Damages in tort are awarded generally to place the claimant in the position in which he would have been had the tort not taken place. Damages...

through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, "to hurt") is a common law tort. It means something which causes offence, annoyance, trouble or injury. A...

matter how careful the defendant is safeguarding them. In the field of torts, prominent examples of strict liability may include product liability, abnormally...

tort under privacy law that protects individuals from the unauthorized dissemination of private information that is not of public concern. This tort aims...

The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages...

states that mass torts are ordinarily "not appropriate" for class treatment. Class treatment may not improve the efficiency of a mass tort because the claims...