Title: Identify common torts.
Course: Business Law (12054-18) > Section: Exploring Tort Law

Identification should include the definitions of

- assault—crime of unlawfully causing physical injury to another; or tort of threatening another with bodily harm
- battery—unlawfully striking another person.
- defamation—making a false statement that injures a person’s reputation, such as:
  - slander (oral)
  - libel (written)

- negligence—an accidental or unintentional tort.