Legal glossary category
Tort Law
Browse 8 glossary entries in the Tort Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
conversion
If you take your friend's favorite blue crayon without asking and decide it's yours forever, that’s conversion.
Open term →defect
If you get a permission slip for soccer but your parent forgets to sign it, that slip has a defect.
Open term →gross negligence
A child who deliberately shoves a sibling into the street after spotting a car is acting with gross negligence; a child who accidentally trips on a...
Open term →harm
Harm is someone breaking something of yours — like a kid ripping your library book and leaving you with the fine.
Open term →hazard
A hazard is like a sharp corner on the bookshelf — nothing has happened yet, but someone could get hurt.
Open term →incident
If two kids collide on the playground, that one collision is the incident.
Open term →informed
Like a permission slip your parents sign, a legal decision only counts as fair if you knew what you were agreeing to first.
Open term →injury
If a classmate kicks your backpack and breaks your favorite toy inside, that broken toy is your injury.
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