Identify common torts.

Identification should include the definitions of

• assault—crime of unlawfully causing physical injury to another; or tort of threatening another with bodily harm
• battery—unlawfully striking another person.
• defamation—making a false statement that injures a person’s reputation, such as:
• slander (oral)
• libel (written)
  
  
• negligence—an accidental or unintentional tort.