A Text-book of the Law of Tort |
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action in tort apply assault authority battery breach cause of action claim Clan Chisholm Clerk & Lindsell committed common employment Common Law connexion consequence contract contributory negligence Corporation course Court of Appeal criminal death decision defamation defamatory defendant defendant's detinue dicta doubt duty employer English law fact felony fit injuria ground harm Harvard Law Review held liable highway Holdsworth House of Lords ibid inevitable accident inflicted injunction injury John Salmond joint tortfeasors Judge judicial jury land law of tort liability in tort libel licence Lord Sumner loss malice matter merely nuisance obiter dictum owner person plaintiff plead Pollock possession principle prove qualified privilege question reasonable regarded remedy risk rule Salmond Scrutton seems servant Sir Frederick Pollock slander statement statute statutory sued tion tortfeasors tortious liability trespass unlawful unless Vict volenti non fit wife wrong