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• Intentional tort — An intentional tort is a category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor. The term negligence tort, on the other hand, pertains to a tort that simply results from the failure of the… …   Wikipedia

• intentional tort — 1) Страхование: преднамеренный деликт, умышленный деликт 2) Деловая лексика: умышленное гражданское правонарушение …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• intentional tort — преднамеренный деликт …   Англо-русский словарь страховых терминов

• Tort — law Part of t …   Wikipedia

• Intentional infliction of emotional distress — (IIED) is a tort claim of recent origin for intentional conduct that results in extreme emotional distress. Some courts and commentators have substituted mental for emotional , but the tort is the same. Some jurisdictions refer to IIED as the… …   Wikipedia

• Tort law in Canada — concerns the treatment of the law of torts within the Canadian jurisdiction excluding Quebec, which is covered by the law of obligations. Sources As with most common law countries, Canadian tort law is primarily judge made law, much of which is… …   Wikipedia

• tort — I noun breach of legal duty, civil wrong, dereliction of duty, error, fault, invasion of a legal right, legal wrong, malfeasance, misdeed, misdoing, misfeasance, negligent act, personal wrong, private wrong, transgression, violation of a legal… …   Law dictionary

• tort claims act — n. A federal law that makes the U.S. government liable for damages in tort, waiving sovereign immunity except in specific cases; many states also have tort claims acts. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks,… …   Law dictionary

• Intentional interference with contractual relations — is a common law tort that applies to an activity or activities that causes a damage to contractual relations between parties. It may include acts that prevent parties from contracting or it may cause the parties who have already entered into a… …   Wikipedia

• tort — /tawrt/, n. Law. a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another s person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation. [1350 1400; ME: injury,… …   Universalium