Tort law (England and Wales)

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In the law of England and Wales , tort law is the law of tort , which deals with the civil law consequences (unlike criminal law ) of unlawful acts .

The word tort (from French. Actually, injustice, iniquity ') is the past participle passive of the verb tordre and received via the Anglo Norman entered the English legal language. The tortious liability according to the model of the Roman-Germanic legal system (in contrast to common law ), but also of Scottish law , is called delict (dt. ' Illegal act').

English law does not have a general civil liability clause. Rather, there are a variety of individual facts from which a tort liability arises, such. B. defamation , defamation ', negligence , negligence ' nuisance , Neighbor Law emissions 'and trespass , unauthorized entry'.

The US tort law summarizes certain personal injuries in the case group slip and fall , for others the attractive nuisance doctrine applies .

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