TORT Study Notes :Law of Tort
Introduction
Meaning and Characteristics
- Tort is a civil wrong.
- It is redressible by an action for unliquidated damages.
Definitions:
Essentials of Tort
- There must be a wrongful act or omission on the part of a person.
- That wrongful act or omission must result in legal damage to other.
- The wrongful act or omission must be of such a nature as to give rise to a legal remedy.
- Whether ‘A’ owes a legal duty to save ‘B’?
- Whether ‘A’ violates any legal right of ‘B’?
Legal damage
- Injuria sine Damnum
- Damnum sine Injuria
Legal Remedy
Practice Exercise:
A.Wrong
B.Totem
C.Tortum
D.Civil
Ans: C
2.Tort is a
A.Accident
B.Civil wrong
C.Criminal wrong
D.Murder
Ans: B
A.Yes
B.No
C.Maybe
D.None of the above
Ans: A
4.In Torts the loss caused doesn’t have to be monetary
A.Yes
B.No
C.Maybe
D.None of the above
Ans: A
5.A stops B from casting his vote in the elections. Will A succeed in an action against B?
A.Yes
B.No
C.Maybe
D.None of the above
Ans: A
6.Torts are redressible by an action for
A.Liquidated damages
B.Exemplary damages
C.Unliquidated damages
D.None of the above
Ans: C
7.The wrongful act or omission must result in
A.Legal damage
B.Any damage
C.Accident
D.Attempt
Ans: A
8.If Rama invites her friend Priya for dinner but Priya doesn’t show up will it lead to a civil wrong?
A.Yes
B.No
C.All of the above
D.None of the above
Ans: B
9.If Ramesh sees Ashok drowning and despite of the calls for help doesn’t do anything. Will he be liable?
A.Yes
B.No
C.All of the above
D.None of the above
Ans: B
10.Rani gives money to the beggar on the street every day. She suddenly stops. Will she be liable?
A.Yes
B.No
C.All of the above
D.None of the above
Ans: B
11.What kind of wrongs are not Torts?
A.Social
B.Moral
C.Religious
D.All of the above
Ans: D
12.Injuria sine Damnum means
Legal injury without damage
Damage without legal Injury
No injury
All of the above
Ans: A
13. Damnum sine Injuria
A.Legal injury without damage
B.Damage without legal Injury
C.No injury
D.All of the above
Ans: A
14. In Torts ________________ is compensable.
A.Injuria sine damnun
B.Damnum sine Injuria
C.Any injury
D.Any damage
Ans: A
15.Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium means
A.Legal injury without damage
B.Damage without legal Injury
C.Where there is a right there is a remedy
D.None of the above