Thesaurus: tort

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1. n. Mischief; injury; calamity.
2. n. 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.
3. a. Stretched tight; taut.
4. n. (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
5. 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. Stretched tight; taut. [R.] Yet holds he them with tortestrein. Emerson.
6. Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving abreach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action,in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury. Executorde son tort. See under Executor.-- Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Wharton.
7. n:100 n. (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought