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punished criminally by imprisonment or fine. 

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TOPIC TWO: INTENTIONAL TORTS
 
This Topic will cover the following Tortious Liabilities otherwise known as 
Intentional Torts: 
(a) Battery and Assault 
(b) False Imprisonment 
2. Malicious Prosecution 
3. Interference with Chattels: 
(a) Trespass to Goods 
(b) Conversion 
(c) Detinue 
4. Trespass to land. 
 
Read Generally: Trespass and Intentional Interferences With Persons, Property 
and Chattels: KLAR, Lewis N., Tort Law, Thomson Professional Publishing 
Canada, 1991; 
 
You should also read textbooks, articles and all case law expounding on 
INTENTIONAL TORTS. You should, at the end of the day have a good grasp of 
the following: 
(a) Definitions and all elements/ingredients constituting each tort; 
(b) Defences to Trespass to Land, Goods and to Person; 
(c) Trespass via animals. 

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Introduction to TOPIC II
 
Ownership and occupation of land has been central to the historical 
development of civil law. Land often represents the largest capital investment 
for its owners; it also represents emotional bonds as it can be, and often is, a 
home and a refuge. When ownership or occupation is challenged it often 
produces disputes between neighbours.
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Tort action dealing with direct interferences with Persons, their Chattels and 
their Land stem from the writs of 
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