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    Definitions Assignment - TORT Intentional Torts – Intentional Torts are battery‚ assault‚ false imprisonment‚ trespass to land‚ trespass to chattel‚ and conversion. See examples of each below. Battery – The intentional unlawful‚ harmful‚ or offensive touching of the person of another. Example: The verbal argument has escalated to the point that Susan raised her hand and slapped Joe on the cheek. Susan committed battery against Joe. Assault – The intentional threatening of another with

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    Torts Exam Notes Intentional Torts Trespass to the Person Battery - directly and intentionally (or negligently) bringing about a harmful or offensive contact with the person of another - the ‘body is inviolate‚ and that any touching of another person‚ however slight may amount to a battery’ - Rixon - doesn’t have to cause harm - Rixon v Starcity Casino - Collins v Wilcock - no requirement of hostility or anger - Wilson v Pringle - In Re F - exception is made

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    The Famous Architect Kristina James University of Phoenix The Famous Architect Known as one of the most famous architect of all times Frank Lloyd Wright is a legend. The child of minister‚ “William Cary Wright and teacher‚ Anna Lloyd Jones‚ Retrieved from http://architect.architecture.sk/frank-lloyd-wright-architect/frank-lloyd-wright-architect.php ” Frank Lincoln “Wright was born June 8‚ 1867 in Richland Center‚ Wisconsin.” Retrieved from http://architecture.about.com/od/wrightwebsites/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_Web_Sites

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    [pic] Assignment MKT532: Consumer Behaviour Title: Individual Assignment (Famous Person) Prepared for: Prof. Madya Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Prepared by: Syahida Bt Abd Aziz 2011253056 Group: BMB3Ad Due date: 19th December 2011 September 2011 – January 2012 [pic] Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Marketing Faculty of Business Management Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis 02600 Arau‚ PERLIS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Alhamdulillah‚ we

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    Famous Thinkers Famous Thinkers Two famous thinkers of today would be Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber. These two philosophers study the spiritual being and the route of the human mind on the path of enlightenment. Andrew Cohen was born in New York City in 1955 to an upper class secular Jewish family. Ken Weber was born in Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma in 1949. These two philosophers believe that a human’s perception of enlightenment is based on what that person has experienced in their life time. The

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    Famous Thinkers TJ Sawyer PHL458 June 26‚ 2013 Paxton Reed Famous Thinkers The first critical thinker we will look at is Nelson Mandela‚ he was born on July 18‚ 1918 in South Africa. He was the first of his family to attend school and after his father died he was supposed to inherit their tribe but decided to go on to school to become a lawyer. This was a major decision in his life and helped shaped him into the leader he would become. In 1944 he joined the African National Congress which

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    there be a contract of sale of goods act 1895(SA) under s 1? Hence‚ the law is s 1 where a contract of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property the goods to the buyer for a money consideration based on the case Toby Construction Products Pty Ltd v Computer Bar Sales Pty Ltd. The application is under s1 sale of goods act there is a contract form between me and Mandela where I have agreement‚ intention and consideration to buy the armchair from Mandela‚ thus

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    Donald Eugene Gates‚ 30 year old African American‚ on July 20‚ 1981‚ was arrested for failing to appear in court on an unrelated case‚ giving up a hair sample as part of a processing procedure. On June 22‚ 1981‚ Catherine Schilling‚ a 21-year-old Georgetown University student‚ found raped and murdered in Rock Creek Park in Washington‚ D.C. Found nude and had been shot five times in the head. After a police informant‚ Gates was charged with the rape and murder. Gerald Mack Smith‚ Donald’s longtime

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    In this case‚ Nona was approached by Samseng on her way home after work. Samseng then threatened by pointed a gun onto her head and asked Nona to surrender her money. In order to take legal action against Samseng under assault‚ the issue must first be fulfilled the elements of assault. The first element of assault is the mental state of the defendant. In this case‚ the defendant has the intention to commit the assault on Nona. The intention of the defendant is specific as when the defendant acted

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    1 Abraham Lincoln He saved the Union‚ freed the slaves‚ and presided over America’s second founding. 2 George Washington He made the United States possible—not only by defeating a king‚ but by declining to become one himself. 3 Thomas Jefferson The author of the five most important words in American history: “All men are created equal.” 4 Franklin Delano Roosevelt He said‚ “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself‚” and then he proved it. 5 Alexander Hamilton Soldier

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