Гражданское право. Civil Law

  • Сопоставьте слова с их определениями (damages, defamation, negligence, plaintiff, tort)

    • damages
    • negligence
    • copyright
    • defamation
    • family law
    • plaintiff
    • tort
    • patent
    • breach of contract

    • is a wrongdoing for which a private citizen (or company) is sued by another private person
    • is usually owned by the creator of the work, the writer, painter or musician, but like other property, it might be passed to someone else
    • makes it illegal for others to manufacture or use the invention without permission
    • it is called so if one party fails to fulfill his obligations under the agreement
    • is a tort consisting of the breach of a duty of care resulting in damage to the plaintiff, carelessness
    • is the aggrieved party that starts criminal proceedings
    • is the tort of saying or writing something which is untrue and which harms another person’s good name
    • money paid by one party of a legal action (usually civil) to compensate the other party for loss or injury
    • deals with the family as a special institution, marriage, the process of divorce, custody of and responsibility for children