Tort Law Crossword Puzzle

4. someone who has a degree of control over a piece of land, a building or other premises (like an owner or a tenant)
6. an act on one person's land that causes harm on another person's land
11. a tort that seeks to protect the reputation of individuals and businesses against unfounded and unjustified attacks
13. financial compensation (money) awarded to a tort victim
15. negligence, a partial defence to the tort of negligence that, if successful, places some of the responsibility for the plaintiff's injury or loss on the plaintiff
17. with contractual relations
18. a careless wrongful act that causes harm to another person
19. the intentional infliction of harmful or offensive physical contact on another person
20. host, a business that sells/serves alcohol (for example, a bar)

1. a wrongful act committed by one person, that causes harm to another person, resulting in legal liability for the person who committed the wrongful act
2. assumption of risk, a complete defence to the tort of negligence that, if successful, absolves the defendant of any liability for the harm the plaintiff suffered
3. person, a hypothetical person of ordinary intelligence who uses ordinary prudence or cautiousness to guide their conduct
5. a element of the tort of negligence proved using the "but for" test
7. a person who commits a tort
8. off, a tort committed when one business represents their goods or services as being those of another business
9. a threat of imminent physical harm that disturbs one's sense of security
10. an intentionally made false statement that causes harm to another person
12. misrepresentation, a carelessly made incorrect statement that causes harm to another person
14. imprisonment, the unlawful detention of another person
16. to land, a wrongful interference with another person's land (for example, being on someone's land without their permission or any other lawful justification)