Match the definitions

a. Conversion

b. Contributory negligence

c. defamation

d. liability

e. libel

f. negligence

g. nuisance

h. slander

i. tort

j. vicarious liability

1. A broad category of violations of the rights individuals
2. False written or spoken statements that harm a person's reputation
3. Actions that unreasonably deny someone the enjoyment of his or her land
4. False written statement that harm a person's reputation or good name
5. Actions that physically remove or destroy the personal property of others
6. False spoken statements or action that damage a persons reputation or good name
7. carelessness that results in injury to another person or his or her property
8. The state or condition of being responsible for wrong or injury
9. The shifting of responsibility from one person to another
10. A concept that states that one person partially caused his or her injuries

TRUE OR FALSE

1. A tort is a violation of the rights of a particular person
2. Tort law is concerned with compensation for losses suffered by injured parties
3. Defamation includes both libel and slander
4. The tort of libel is concerned with injury to a person reputation caused by false statements that are used in testimony in court
5. A person who defames another individual by exhibiting an insulting drawing in a public place could be charged with libel
6. The tort of slander is concerned with injury to a person reputation caused by false statements that are spoken
7. Two defense to charges of defamation are truth and provilege
8. The tort nuisance does not entail taking anothers property, only detracting from his or her enjoyment of it
9. Liability is the state of being responsible for a wrong or injury
10. The tort of conversion is concerned with acts that deny a person the possession of his or her property
11. The tort of negligence is a form of carelessness
12. Vicarious liability means that one person can be held responsible for the negligent acts of another
13. Negligence per se occurs when a defendant in a case of negligence has violated a law that was enacted in order to prevent the type of injury that occurred
14. The 'reasonable person' doctrine is concerned with the appeal to a injury to assume how a person would behave under the best conditions
15. under the doctrine of comparative negligence, juries attempt to determine how much in percentage terms the plainiff was at fault and then verdict by that amount