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See -tort

English

Etymology

From #French|tort.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligence|negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied at civil law, usually through awarding damages. A delict.
  2. (plural) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.


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French

Etymology

From tortum, substantive use of the past participle of {{term|torqueo|torqueō|twist, turn|lang=la}}.

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-tort.ogg
  • IPA: /tɔʀ/


Noun

  1. fault
  2. : Elle a le tort d'avoir trop de précipitation. Her trouble is, she's too hasty.
  3. : Le mari n'a aucun tort. The husband is not to blame.
  4. wrong, error
  5. : Je regrette, vous avez tort. I'm afraid you are mistaken.
  6. : Nous avons fait notre choix, à tort ou à raison. We have made our choice, rightly or wrongly.


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Norwegian

Etymology

From , from

Noun

  1. offense against someone, an insult or inconvenience caused to someone


Usage notes

Only used in the legal phrase

Related terms


References

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Polish

Noun

tort m

  1. torte


Category:Polish nouns

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin tortus

Noun

tort f and m

  1. thread


Category:Romanian nouns

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
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That had them long opprest with tort. --Spenser.
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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.
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Executor de son tort. See under Executor.

Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. --Wharton.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tort \Tort\, a.
Stretched tight; taut. [R.]
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Yet holds he them with tortest rein. --Emerson.
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WordNet tort
n : (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be
brought [syn: civil wrong]
Moby Dictionary
atrocity , breach , crime , crime against humanity , deadly sin ,
delict , delinquency , dereliction , diablerie , enormity , error , evil ,
failure , fault , felony , genocide , guilty act , heavy sin ,
illegality , impropriety , indiscretion , inexpiable sin , iniquity ,
injury , injustice , lapse , malefaction , malfeasance , malum ,
minor wrong , misdeed , misdemeanor , misfeasance , mortal sin ,
nonfeasance , offense , omission , outrage , peccadillo , peccancy , sin ,
sin of commission , sin of omission , sinful act , slip ,
transgression , trespass , trip , unutterable sin , venial sin ,
violation , wrong , wrongdoing


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.
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