tort
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
Origin of tort
1Words that may be confused with tort
- tort , torte
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How to use tort in a sentence
They also hired an attorney and filed a federal tort claim against Customs and Border Protection for personal injury.
A Shooting on a Tribal Land Uncovers Feds Running Wild | Caitlin Dickson | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost companies want expanded free-trade deals and tort reform.
Mystery Solved: Here’s Why Big Business Keeps Supporting Republicans Even as Republicans Destroy the Economy | Daniel Gross | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe they'd have saved Medicare Advantage from cuts, gotten some sort of tort reform thrown in, or slightly changed the pay-fors.
Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.
Saladoff admits that she made the film to advance her anti-tort reform point of view.
As it is an impersonal, artificial thing, a corporation cannot possibly commit a wrong or tort like a natural person.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesIn many states an action in tort instead of trespass is the proper remedy.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe publication of the same slander by different persons is not a joint tort, it is a distinct wrong done by each slanderer.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesAs the gist of the tort consists of the injury done to one's reputation, the defamatory statement must have been published.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesWhy, oh why, is the stealing of one kind of property a criminal offense, and another only a civil tort?
Inventors & Inventions | Henry Robinson
British Dictionary definitions for tort
/ (tɔːt) /
law a civil wrong arising from an act or failure to act, independently of any contract, for which an action for personal injury or property damages may be brought
Origin of tort
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