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Elements:
(1) Unlawful
(2) Intentional act
(3) Physical Touching (can be offensive battery)
Assault
Elements
o (1) Apprehension of an imminent unlawful contact
P needs to experience apprehension of harmful physical contact or offensive
conduct (have to say if P fear is reasonable or unreasonable)
Apprehension needs to be imminent
o (2) Defendant intends to do the act
False Imprisonment
Elements
o (1) Defendant intends to confine plaintiff
o (2) Plaintiff is actually confined
o (3) Confinement is unlawful
Trespass
Elements
o (1) Intentional
o (2) Unlawful
o (3) Entry on to another’s land