Transferred Intent

Pronunciation: trans-FERD in-TENT

Torts › Against Persons

Definition

Doctrine allowing intent toward one person or tort to satisfy intent element for different person or tort. Intent transfers between persons and among five intentional torts: battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to land, trespass to chattels. Defendant intends act toward A but B harmed - liable to B.

Related terms

• Battery — An intentional harmful or offensive contact with another person. Requires: (1) intent to cause contact, (2) harmful or…
• Assault — An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact. No actual contact is…

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