Harm Definition Law
The FindLaw Legal Dictionary – free access to over 8260 definitions of legal terms. Search for a definition or browse our legal glossaries. A general term for any injustice or harm that a person causes to the body, rights, reputation or property of another person. Any interference with a person`s legally protected interests. An injured person may be able to obtain compensation from the person who harmed them, as the law attempts to provide a remedy for any harm. n. any harm caused to one person by the acts or omissions of another. Injuries may include bodily injury as well as injury to reputation or dignity, loss of title or breach of contract. If the party who caused the damage was intentional (intentionally caused) or negligent, he is liable (liable) to pay compensation for the damage caused.
Theoretically, possible or lasting harm can be avoided by a court order in response to an application for an interim injunction. (See: damages, negligence, omission) Damage, injury and damage means an act that causes loss or pain. Evil can be used by anything that causes suffering or loss. The frost caused great damage to crops. Injuries are likely to be used by something that results in loss of health or success. She sustained an eye injury. Damage focuses on the notion of loss (as a value or ability). The fire caused extensive damage to the furniture. n. the amount of money that can be awarded to a plaintiff (the plaintiff) in a dispute. There are many types of damage. Special damages are those that are actually caused by the injury and include medical and hospital bills, ambulance costs, loss of wages, repair or replacement costs, or loss of money due under a contract.
The second fundamental area of damage is general damages, which are supposed to be due to the actions of the other party, but which are subjective both in nature and in determining the value of the damage. These include pain and suffering, future problems and debilitating effects of injury, loss of ability to perform various actions, shortening of lifespan, psychological anguish, loss of companionship, loss of reputation (e.g. in a defamation suit), humiliation by scars, expected loss of business and other damages. The third major form of harm is exemplary (or punitive) damages, which combine punishment with public example. Exemplary damages may be awarded if the defendant acted maliciously, violently, oppressively, fraudulently, intentionally or grossly negligently in inflicting special and general damages on the plaintiff. Sometimes punitive damages can be higher than actual damages, as in a case of sexual harassment or fraudulent activity. Although often asked, they are rarely forgiven. Symbolic damage is that which is awarded when the actual damage is minor and compensation is justified by the circumstances. The most famous case was when Winston Churchill received a shilling (about 25 cents) against author Louis Adamic, who had written that the British prime minister had been drunk at a dinner at the White House.
Liquidated damages are those specified by the parties in a contract to be awarded if one of the parties fails to meet its contractual obligations. COUNTERFEITING, civil law, In the technical sense of the term, it is an offense committed with contempt or indignation of everyone, calling into question his body, his dignity or his reputation. maliciously injured. Voet, Com. ad Pand. free. 47, T. 10, No. 1. (2) Injuries may be divided into two categories according to the means employed by the perpetrator, namely words and deeds.
The former are called verbal injuries, the latter real. 3. A verbal violation, when directed against an individual, is that he utters contradictory words that tend to expose his character by making him small or ridiculous. If offensive words are spoken in time with an argument and spoken in front of the person, the law does not presuppose malicious intent on the part of the stranger, whose resentment usually diminishes with his passion; And yet, even then, the truth of hurtful words rarely completely absolves us of punishment. When hurtful expressions tend to blacken a person`s moral character or impose on him a particular guilt, and are deliberately repeated in various societies or whistled in whispers at confidants, then they become the crime of defamation, in accordance with the distinction of Roman law, 1.15, § 12, de jur. 4. A violation is caused by any fact that affects the honour or dignity of a person; such as hitting one with a stick or even aiming at a punch without hitting; spitting in the face; assuming a coat of arms or other distinctive sign specific to another, &c. Defamatory slanders of this kind can be expected to be written and published. Ersk. Pr. L.
Scot. 4, 4, 45. FindLaw.com Free and reliable legal information for consumers and legal professionals SuperLawyers.com Directory of U.S. Attorneys with exclusive Super Lawyers classification Are you a lawyer? Visit our professional website » Terms Privacy PolicyDisclaimerCookiesDo not sell my information INFRINGEMENT. An injustice or a crime. Violations are divided into public and private; And they influence them. Person, personal property or real estate. 3.-1. They affect the person in an absolute or relative way. Absolute wounds are, threats and threats, attacks, batteries, injuries, chaos; Injury to health, harassment or medical malpractice.
Those that tarnish reputation are verbal slander, slander and malicious law enforcement; And those that affect individual freedom are false incarceration and malicious law enforcement. Relative violations are those that violate the husband`s rights; These include the abduction or harbouring of the woman, adultery and assault that affects the rights of a parent, such as abduction, seduction or assault of a child; and a master, the seduction, shelter and battery of his apprentice or servant. Those that conflict with the rights of inferior parents, i.e. wife, child, apprentice or servant, are the denial of marital rights, alimony, wages, etc.