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What is the definition of chattel?
What is the definition of chattel?
- Any property that includes land and immovable property
- Any property that cannot be owned or possessed
- Any property exclusively related to movable furniture
- Any property other than land and immovable property (correct)
What does the tort of trespass to chattels protect?
What does the tort of trespass to chattels protect?
- The rights of ownership or possession of chattels from wrongful interferences (correct)
- The rights of ownership of any type of property
- Only the rights of ownership of immovable property
- The rights of ownership or possession of land only
Which of the following is considered a chattel?
Which of the following is considered a chattel?
- Human beings and land
- Cars, furniture, and animals (correct)
- Anything that cannot be owned by an individual
- Only land and immovable property
What is the purpose of the tort of trespass to chattel?
What is the purpose of the tort of trespass to chattel?
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What does the tort of trespass to chattel protect against?
What does the tort of trespass to chattel protect against?
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In Davies v Lagos City Council, Adefarasin J. held that trespass to chattel is actionable per se ____________.
In Davies v Lagos City Council, Adefarasin J. held that trespass to chattel is actionable per se ____________.
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According to Adefarasin J., in trespass to chattel, there may be a trespass without ____________.
According to Adefarasin J., in trespass to chattel, there may be a trespass without ____________.
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Adefarasin J. stated that the seizure of the plaintiff’s vehicle without just cause is ____________.
Adefarasin J. stated that the seizure of the plaintiff’s vehicle without just cause is ____________.
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When is trespass to chattel considered as not a strict liability tort?
When is trespass to chattel considered as not a strict liability tort?
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What did Adefarasin J. hold regarding the liability of defendants taking part in the seizure of the plaintiff’s vehicle?
What did Adefarasin J. hold regarding the liability of defendants taking part in the seizure of the plaintiff’s vehicle?
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