Across
- 2. exposes you to liability for damages in a civil lawsuit
- 4. The pleading that starts a case
- 6. intentionally putting another person in harm
- 7. the use of intentional deception for monetary or personal gain
- 8. an act punishable under criminal law as well as under tort law
- 10. the burden of proof is met when the party with the burden convinces the fact finder that there is a greater than 50% chance that the claim is true
- 11. a statement that injures a third party's reputation
- 12. wrongful acts done on purpose
Down
- 1. a doctrine that a person may in advance relieve another person of the obligation to act towards him
- 2. principle of tort law
- 3. a witness's sworn out-of-court testimony
- 5. a person to do or cease doing a specific action
- 9. intended to compensate the injured party for loss or injury