tort
legal claim of compensation, called civil wrong, that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act
malicious prosecution
prosecution without probable cause to punish an individual
defamation
crime or tort of harming the reputation of a legal person through false or misleading statement
loss of consortium
deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to injuries caused by a tortfeasor
conversion
in law context
negligence
failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances
nuisance
act (or neglect) which causes inconvenience or damage
battery
common-law tort of unconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person
seduction
former civil wrong in common law legal systems
false imprisonment
illegal restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent
trespass
legal concept: tort of unlawful intrusion upon another's person or property
abuse of process
legal tort of misusing court processes unjustified by legal actions being taken
state liability
liability of the state for wrongful acts of officials
intentional tort
category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor
theft of services
use of services without legally compensating providers