Which of the Following Best Defines the Tort of Battery

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines the tort of battery?

• A) unauthorized and harmful physical contact with another person that causes injury
• B) attempt to appropriate another person's identity for commercial purposes
• 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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