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TORTIOUS ACT [1 record]

Record 1 2001-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The motive for any tortious act is not usually important in tort law. Conduct may be tortious even though the actor is acting in order to benefit the plaintiff's health, as part of an initiation ceremony as a practical joke, or even in a complimentary manner, as by kissing a person of the opposite sex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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