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3.3 ELEMENT IN TORT OFFENCE
Intentional torts
Category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an
intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor (alleged wrongdoer).
- Assault - Necessity (tort) - Intentional
(tort) infliction of
- False emotional
- Consent imprisonment distress
- Battery - Self-defense
(tort)
Property torts
- Trespass to land
- Conversion
Dignitary torts
Dignitary torts – a specific category of intentional torts where the
cause of action is being subjected to certain kinds of indignities.
- Defamation - Breach of - Malicious
- Invasion of confidence prosecution
privacy - Abuse of - Alienation of
process affections
Economic torts
Provide the common law rules on liability which arise out of
business transactions. Also called business torts.
- Fraud - Conspiracy - Restraint of
(civil) trad
- Tortious
interference
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