"A tort is an infringement of a right in rem of private individual, giving a right of compensation of the suit of the injured party." This is the definition given by
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Match the following:
| a. Criminal Trespass | 1. Section 445 |
| b. House Trespass | 2. Section 443 |
| c. Lurking House Trespass | 3. Section 442 |
| d. House-Breaking | 4. Section 441 |
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Which one of the following can not be described as malicious prosecution?
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A master is liable for the tort committed by his servant when the servant acts:-
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The term novus actus interveniens means
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'Causa Causons' means
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A orally abuses B, it is a case of
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In torts
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Violation of right actionable per se means:
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Independent tort feasors
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A tort is a breach of duty, which is
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In which of the following cases the 'Principal of common Employment' was evolved for the first time?
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Z digs the mud road in front of his house. In the evening after it became dark a passerby hits the debris and is injured. The passerby brings a civil suit as well as files a criminal case of public nuisance. He can
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The manufacturer's liability principle was laid down in:
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In nuisance, a defendant is liable to unusually sensitive plaintiff:
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Match the following
| a. Negligence | 1. Rylands v. Fletcher |
| b. Strict Liability | 2. M. C. Mehta v. Union of India |
| c. Absolute Liability | 3. Glasgow Corporation v. Muir |
| d. Nervous Shock | 4. Bourhill v. Young |
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The main supporter of the theory, that it is 'Law of Tort' and not 'Law of Torts' is
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Principle: Even if a person suffers a loss, he will be entitled to receive compensation only if a legal right is violated.
Factual Situation: An English teacher in a famous 'English School' after having some rift with the management left the school and started a new 'Language School' very close to the English School. Many students of the English School left it and joined the new Language School. As a result, the English School suffered huge financial loss and hence filed a suit for compensation against the new school.
Factual Situation: An English teacher in a famous 'English School' after having some rift with the management left the school and started a new 'Language School' very close to the English School. Many students of the English School left it and joined the new Language School. As a result, the English School suffered huge financial loss and hence filed a suit for compensation against the new school.
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Match the following
| a. Winfield | 1. Tort means a civil wrong, which is not exclusively a breach of contract or breach of trust. |
| b. Fraser | 2. a civil wrong for which the remedy is a common law action for unliquidated damages and which is not exclusively the breach of a contract or the breach of a trust or other merely equitable obligation |
| c. Salmond | 3. tortuous liability arises from the breach of a duty primarily fixed by the law; this duty is towards persons generally and its breach is redressable by an action for unliquidated damages |
| d. Section 2(m), Limitation Act | 4. an infringement of a right in rem of a private individual giving a right of compensation at the suit of the injured party |
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Open question"Res ipsa loquitur" is the maxim used when
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