Legal glossary category
Tort Law
Browse 5 glossary entries in the Tort Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
accident
It's like when you trip on the playground; that fall is the accident.
Open term →bodily injury
If you lose your favorite toy (property damage), that’s less than if the toy breaks *and* it makes you cry and scrape your knee—that's bodily injury.
Open term →care
If you promise to water your neighbor's prize-winning roses, exercising proper care means watering them daily, not just once a month.
Open term →cause
If you promise your friend a swing set, that promise is the cause of their expectation; if they don't get it, that broken promise causes their disa...
Open term →negligent
Imagine a kid promising to water a plant but forgetting, and the plant dies; that careless promise mirrors negligence.
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