Law of Torts‚ MV Accident and Consumer Protection Laws II Interference with Goods TORTS RELATING TO MOVABLE PROPERTY o Torts affecting movable property are: § Trespass to goods‚ § Trespass ab initio‚ § Detention or detinue‚ § Conversion or trover. Copyright: Dr C J Rawandale‚ Associate Professor‚ SLS NOIDA 2013-14 2 a. TRESPASS TO GOODS o Technically‚ trespass to goods is known as “trespass de bonis asportatis”. o It means an unlawful disturbance of the possession of the goods by
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Corporation – A separate legal entity that has an existence at law that is separable from those who form it. It is a separate legal entity in the sense that it has an existence at law‚ but no material existence. * It is separate and distinct from its shareholders * A properly authorized agent may bind the corporation in contract with third parties. * Shareholders possess limited liability for the debts of the corporation‚ and creditors may look only to the assets of the corporation to
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not even fathom the pain and suffering these two slaves endured. They were considered to be chattel slaves. Chattel is a type of slavery. According to Dictionary.com chattel is “any article of tangible property other than land‚ buildings‚ and other things annexed to land.” Slaveholders feel as though their slaves have no rights and they are their own property. Most slaves during this time were chattel slaves and were treated very poorly by there slaveholders.
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Bailment Rules How to create bailment? (1) Possession (2) Bailor must retain a superior interest in the chattel to that of the bailee (3) Bailee must consent to take possession of the chattel It is the bailee’s‚ and not bailor’s‚ consent that matters. Any person who voluntarily assumes possession of goods belonging to another will be held to owe at least the principal duties of the bailee. [Pioneer Container] Moves the law of bailment into tort (ie voluntary assumption) as opposed to contract
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Jobs in Ancient Rome In ancient Rome there were many different types of jobs. Some of the jobs paid well‚ while others did not. A lot of jobs were shown on inscriptions on tombstones. Most jobs are very similar to jobs today. They mostly keep the same reputation as well. Jobs were not easy to come by and people worked hard to get them and maintain the job when they did have it . During ancient Roman times there were many jobs that were considered rich jobs. Mainly everyone in the military became
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Some form of slavery existed in Africa before Europeans arrived; however it was a system of temporary consequences. People were enslaved as punishment for a crime‚ to pay a debt‚ or as captives of war. African slavery was very different from what was to come later with the Europeans because it was not for personal gain and inhumane suffering of others. Unlike European slavery‚ African slaves could work to buy their freedom and their children were not automatically slaves. Captive Africans and their
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6 Battery 6 Assault 7 Defences to Battery and Assault 8 False imprisonment 8 Remedies for Trespass to person 10 Time Limitations 10 Trespass to land 11 Trespass to land 11 Right to Privacy 13 Trespass to personal Property 14 Trespass to chattels 14 Conversion 15 Detinue 16 Defences to Trespass 17 Consent {Look also at the individual actions} 17 Necessity 18 Self Defence and defence to others 18 Provocation 18 Negligence 19 Process 19 (1) Duty of Care 20 Defective Products causing
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“All men are created equal”‚ written by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence (in which the American colonies declared their independence from England) is perhaps one of the most captivating phrases ever written. However‚ it’s kind of ironic how the colonists were chasing after freedom from England‚ claiming that the British didn’t properly protect their rights and liberties‚ when they did’t even give it amongst themselves with their harsh treatment of slaves. Slaves were seen as property
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TORTS I OUTLINE Professor K. Chadwick Development of Liability Based on Fault a. A tort is a civil wrong‚ other than a breach of contract‚ for which the law provides a legal remedy. b. Area of law that imposes duties on persons to act in a manner that will not injure other persons c. A person who breaches a tort duty may be liable in a lawsuit brought by a person injured by that tort d. Initially‚ you had to have a writ from the King in order to have a claim in court. There were two writs
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TORTS – INTENTIONAL TORTS PRIMA FACIE Battery is the (1) intentional infliction of (2) a harmful or offensive (3) contact. Offensive includes acts damaging to a “reasonable sense of dignity.” No knowledge of contact is required. (Rationale: protection of personal integrity. Freedom from intentional and unpermitted contact. Offensive harm included b/c of mental injuries). ▪ To have a claim of battery‚ there must be a claim of fault‚ negligence‚ or wrongdoing on the part of
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