Editing Tort (section)

====Intentional torts====
{{Main article|Intentional tort}}
Intentional torts are any intentional acts that are reasonably foreseeable to cause harm to an individual, and that do so. Intentional torts have several subcategories:
*[[Trespass#Trespass to the person|Torts against the person]] include [[assault (tort)|assault]], [[battery (tort)|battery]], [[false imprisonment]], [[intentional infliction of emotional distress]], and fraud, although the latter is also an [[economic tort]].
*Property torts involve any intentional interference with the property rights of the claimant (plaintiff). Those commonly recognised include trespass to land, trespass to chattels (personal property), and conversion.
*Dignitary torts are a category of intentional tort affecting the honour, dignity, and reputation of an individual and include: [[Defamation]],{{efn|Defamation is tarnishing the reputation of someone; it has two varieties, ''slander'' and ''libel''. Slander is spoken defamation and libel is printed or broadcast defamation. The two otherwise share the same features: making a factual assertion for which evidence does not exist. Defamation does not affect or hinder the voicing of opinions, but does occupy the same fields as rights to free speech in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Related to defamation in the U.S. are the actions for misappropriation of publicity, invasion of privacy, and disclosure. Abuse of process and malicious prosecution are often classified as dignitary torts as well.}} [[invasion of privacy]], [[breach of confidence]], torts related to the justice system such as [[malicious prosecution]] and [[abuse of process]], and torts pertaining to sexual relations that are considered obsolete in most common law jurisdictions such as [[alienation of affection]] and [[criminal conversation]].
An intentional tort requires an overt act, some form of intent, and causation. In most cases, transferred intent, which occurs when the defendant intends to injure an individual but actually ends up injuring another individual, will satisfy the intent requirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalparalegal.edu/public_documents/courseware_asp_files/torts/againstProperty/transferredIntent.asp|title=Transferred Intent – LawShelf Educational Media|website=nationalparalegal.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010010523/https://lawshelf.com/courseware/entry/transferred-intent|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> Causation can be satisfied as long as the defendant was a substantial factor in causing the harm.