Vocabulary tasks

1

wrongful conversion

a

обман

2

false imprisonment

b

вторжение в частную жизнь

3

negligence

c

преследовать в судебном порядке

4

punitive damages

d

незаконное лишение свободы

5

invasion of privacy

e

присвоение имущества

6

fraud

f

начинать процесс о возмещении убытков

7

be prosecuted by the state

g

небрежность

8

pay restitution

h

штрафные убытки

9

enter damages

i

выплатить возмещение

1. distress

2. negligence

3. privacy

4. defamation

5. fraud

6. conversion

7. statute

8. fine

9. plaintiff

10. battery

11. defendant

12. punitive damages

1. harm done to a person’s reputation

2. willful deception and dishonesty

3. take another person’s money property, etc. and use it as if it were one’s own

4. personal; not for the public

5. carelessness

6. great pain or sorrow

7. punishment for outrageous conduct

8. the person against whom the accusation is brought in a trial

9. hitting hard

10. one who charges another in a court of law

11. a sum of money paid as a punishment for breaking a law

12. a law

Noun

Verb

Noun

Verb

assault

defendant

damage

award

cause

compensation

conversion

fine

imprisonment

injury

invasion

infliction

offender

product

punishment

prosecution

proceeding

remedy

trespass

violation

1 tort

1. a German or Austrian cake

2. a debt owed to the sovereign

3. a civil wrong or private injury against a person or his/her property

4. an involuntary action which amounts to a criminal offense because of an actual or potential injury

2 assault

1. a mineral from the dead sea

2. a military invasion

3. the civil wrong of inflicting actual bodily injury on another

4. the act of intentionally placing another person in fear of bodily injury

3 punitive

damages

1. damages to compensate for injury

2. damages in a civil suit that are meant to punish the wrongdoer for causing injury

3. “nominal” or minimal damages

4. non-monetary damages, such as an injunction (injunctive relief) or “specific performance” of a contract obligation

4 intentional

infliction

1. a cause of action that allows after a person is insulted

2. the grief a child will bring upon his parents

3. a cause of action for recovery when a defendant’s behaviour toward a plaintiff is so outrageous and extreme that it causes serious emotional distress

4. striking another person intentionally

5 false

imprisonment

1. placing a convicted defendant in a a maximum security prison

2. description of when the judge and jury disagree about a sentence

3. a criminal imprisonment for civil wrong

4. unlawful confinement of a person against that person’s will

6 negligence

1. forgetfulness

2. willful misconduct

3. necessity defense

4. breach of a duty that proximatelyly caused an injury

7 trespass

1. the act of entering another’s land without permission

2. a motion before trial in a tort action

3. when a lawyer invades the personal life of a client

4. an interference with one’s enjoyment of life

8 intent

1. where desert nomads live

2. the name given to the action that a person performs while committing a tort

3. the desire to cause a certain result or to act with substantial knowledge that an injury will result

4. the singular form of the word ‘intense’

9 reasonably

prudent person

1. a risk taker

2. an investor in the stock market

3. a fictional man or woman whose anticipated reactions to certain events will provide the standard for determining a defendant’s liability in a tort action

4. the actual conduct of a particular defendant in a civil or criminal action

harm deterrence tort law civil wrongs torts award of damages criminal offences crime