Differentiating assault, battery, and false imprisonment.

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The main idea is to separate what each tort actually involves. Assault is not about contact; it’s an intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact in another person. Battery, on the other hand, is the actual harmful or offensive contact. False imprisonment is about confinement or restraint of a person’s freedom of movement, done intentionally and without justification.

So the statement that best fits false imprisonment is that it involves intentional confinement or restraint without justification. That captures the core concept: there must be a deliberate restriction of movement and no lawful privilege to do so. The other descriptions mix up the concepts—assault is not about harmful contact, it’s about apprehension; battery is about contact, not apprehension; and confinement is not what assault entails.