Look up: tort

1. Tort
   A wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability. It can be intentional or from carelessness (called 'negligence').
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2. tort
   [n] - (law) any wrongdoing for which and action for damages may be brought
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3. Tort
   A civil wrong for which the remedy is a common law action for unliquidated damages, and which is not exclusively the breach of a contract or the breach of a trust or other merely equitable obligation.
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4. tort
   In law, a wrongful act for which someone can be sued for damages in a civil court. It includes such acts as libel, trespass, injury done to someone (whether intentionally or by negligence), and...
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5. Tort
   A civil wrong committed against a person for which compensation may be sought through a civil Court, eg personal injury, negligent driving or libel.
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6. Tort
   An action in tort is a claim for damages to compensate the claimant for harm suffered. Such claims arise from cases of personal injury, breach of contract and damage to personal reputation. As well as damages, remedies include an injunction to prevent harm occurring again
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7. Tort
   A breach of a duty imposed by law (rather than by contract) which gives a right of action for damages.
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8. Tort
   A civil wrong, the victim of which is entitled to redress in the civil courts
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9. Tort
   A civil wrong, which can be independent of contract e.g. libel
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10. Tort
    A civil wrong independent of contract that gives rise to a claim in damages.
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11. Tort
    Tort noun [ French, from Late Latin tortum , from Latin tortus twisted, crooked, past participle of torqure to twist, bend. See Torture .] 1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [ Obsolete] « That had them long opprest...
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12. Tort
    Tort adjective Stretched tight; taut. [ R.] « Yet holds he them with tortest rein.» Emerson.
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13. tort
    civil wrong noun (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
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14. Tort
    • (a.) Stretched tight; taut. • (n.) Mischief; injury; calamity. • (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.
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15. tort
    in common law, any instance of harmful behaviour, from physical attack on one`s person to interference with one`s goods or use and enjoyment of one`s ... [10 related articles]
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16. TORT
    A wrong; a private or civil wrong or injury resulting from a breach of a legal duty that exists by virtue of society's expectations regarding interpersonal conduct, rather than by contract or other private relationship.
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17. tort
    tort, in law, the violation of some duty clearly set by law, not by a specific agreement between two parties, as in breach of contract. When such a duty is breached, the injured party has the right to institute suit for compensatory damages. Certain torts, such as nuisance, may be suppressed by inju...
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18. Tort
    A negligent or intentional civil wrong not arising out of a contract or statute. These include "intentional torts" such as battery or defamation, and torts for negligence. A tort is an act that injures someone in some way, and for which the injured person may sue the wrongdoer for damages. Legally, ...
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19. Tort
    Derived from the french word ' wrong' , it means a civil wrong or wrongful act.Torts include injuries made by a person to another for which he is legally responsible.It can be either intentonal or accidental.In most cases the injury caused is likely to be physical but that is not the requirement it ...
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20. tort
    n. from French for "wrong," a civil wrong or wrongful act, whether intentional or accidental, from which injury occurs to another. Torts include all negligence cases as well as intentional wrongs which result in harm. Therefore tort law is one of the major areas of law (along with contract, real pro...
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21. Tort
    Tort is an English legal term for a civil wrong which violates a general duty and not merely a breach of contract arising out of a particular relationship between the parties. But a tort may also be a breach of contract and a crime. It may relate either to persons or to property.
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22. tort
    In law, a wrongful act for which someone can be sued for damages in a civil court. It includes such acts as libel, trespass, injury done to someone (whether intentionally or by negligence), and inducement to break a contract (although breach of contract itself is not a tort). In general a tort is di...
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23. Tort
    A civil wrong committed against a person for which compensation may be sought through a civil court, eg personal injury, negligent driving or libel.
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24. Tort
    A `tort`, in common law jurisdictions, is a wrong that involves a breach of a civil duty (other than a contractual duty) owed to someone else. It is differentiated from a crime, which involves a breach of a duty owed to society in general. Though many acts are both torts and crimes, prosecutions for...
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25. Tort
    (conflict) In conflict of laws, the choice of law rules for `tort` are intended to select the lex causae by which to determine the nature and scope of the judicial remedy to claim damages for loss or damage suffered. History: The first attempts to establish a coherent choice of law<...
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