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Tort - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tort : (noun)
1: (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be
brought [syn: civil wrong]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Tort : \Tort\, n. [F., from LL. tortum, fr. L. tortus twisted,
crooked, p. p. of torqure to twist, bend. See Torture.]
1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.]
That had them long opprest with tort. --Spenser.
2. (Law) Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not
involving a breach of contract) for which an action will
lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States,
for a wrong or injury.
Executor de son tort. See under Executor.
Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. --Wharton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tort : \Tort\, a.
Stretched tight; taut. [R.]
Yet holds he them with tortestrein. --Emerson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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TORT. An injury; a wrong; (q.v.) hence the expression an executor de son
tort, of his own wrong. Co. Lit. 158.
2. Torts may be committed with force, as trespasses, which may be an
injury to the person, such as assault, battery, imprisonment; to the
property in possession; or they may be committed without force. Torts of
this nature are to the absolute or relative rights of persons, or to
personal property in possession or reversion, or to real property, corporeal
or encorporeal, in possession or reversion: these injuries may be either by
nonfeasance, malfeasance, or misfeasance. 1 Chit. Pl. 133-4. Vide 1 Fonb.
Eq. 4; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; and the article Injury.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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