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conspiracy
by law or to commit a lawful act by means prohibited by law ;also : the crime or tort of participating in a conspiracy compare substantive crime NOTE: Some states require an overt act in addition to
abuse of process
abuse of process :the tort of bringing and following through with a civil or criminal action for a purpose known to be different
lex loci delictii
Latin, law of the place of the wrong] : the law of the place where an offense or tort occurred
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Allegans contraria non est audiendus
LJ CP 204, where it was held that a plaintiff having sued one of two joint feasors in tort could not afterwards sue the other for money had and received. See also ELECTION.
Misfeasance and non-feasance
to careless conduct, to the person/property of plaintiff. He has knowledge that the act may give rise to tort but in the case of non-feasance several factors require consideration for giving rise to actionable negligence, Rajkot Municipal
Detinue
still called an action of detinue. The vexed question as to whether detinue is or was founded on tort or contract is now only of importance in relation to costs, Bryant v. Herbert, (1878) 3 CPD 389]
slander
person by unprivileged oral communication made to a third party ;also : defamatory oral statements 2 : the tort of oral defamation [sued his former employer for ] compare defamation, false light, libel NOTE: An action for
no-eyewitness rule
no-eyewitness rule : a rule in tort law: in the absence of testimony by eyewitnesses a jury may assume that a person has exercised reasonable
long-arm statute
defendant who has some connection (as ownership or use of property, transaction of business, or commission of a tort) with the state called also single-act statute see also doing business statute, minimum contacts
invasion of privacy
invasion of privacy :the tort of unjustifiably intruding upon another's right to privacy by appropriating his or her name or likeness, by unreasonably
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