Which of the Following Best Describes the Tort of Battery

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the tort of battery?

• A)unauthorized and harmful or offensive physical contact with another person that causes injury
• B)an action that arouses reasonable apprehension of imminent harm
• C)oral or written defamation of another person's character
• D)intentional confinement or restraint of another person without that person's consent

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