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New page: An intentional tort is a wrong perpetrated by someone on purpose. The intent refers to the purpose of doing the act, not knowledge about the law. All are presumed to know the law. Chopp...
An intentional tort is a wrong perpetrated by someone on purpose.

The intent refers to the purpose of doing the act, not knowledge about the law. All are presumed to know the law.

Chopping down a neighbor's tree, for example, is an intentional tort, even if one was mistaken about where the property boundary is.
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