Tort, Intentional
Deliberate act or omission. These torts include trespass an individual enters property owned or in the possession of another without permission; conversion an individual exerts control and subverts another's property to his or her own benefit; assault an individual's conduct causes another to fear for his or her life or the damage to his or her property; battery an individual physically strikes another without permission; false imprisonment an individual confines another illegally; libel dissemination of written injurious and false information about another's character; and slander oral dissemination of injurious and false information about another's character.
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