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Select the legal term that is accurately paired with its description.

  • A

    Assault: Touching a person without their consent

  • B

    Battery: Threatening to touch a person without their consent

  • C

    Slander: False oral defamatory statements.

  • D

    Slander: False written defamatory statements.

Correct Response: C

Slander is false oral defamatory statements; and libel is written defamation of character using false statements.

Assault, an intentional tort, is threatening to touch a person without their consent; and battery, another intentional tort, is touching a person without their consent.