1) Act studied in law school 2) Actionable offense 3) Actionable wrong 4) Actus reus 5) Assault or battery 6) Basis for a civil suit 7) Basis for a lawsuit 8) Basis for a suit 9) Basis for pressing a suit 10) Basis of a lawsuit 11) Basis of a suit 12) Basis of some civil suits 13) Belli specialty 14) Breach of contract
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1) Libel 2) Offense 3) Trespass 4) Wrongfulact
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An injury or wrong committed on the person or property of another. A tort is an infringement on the rights of an individual, but not founded in a contract. The most common tort action is a suit for personal and/or property damages sustained in an automobile accident.
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• (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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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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A civil wrong, the victim of which is entitled to redress in the civil courts
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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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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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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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A breach of a duty imposed by law (rather than by contract) which gives a right of action for damages.
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A civil wrong independent of contract that gives rise to a claim in damages.
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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 can also be mental distress.It relates to somethin...
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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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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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A wrongful act, other than a breach of contract, which is not criminal but harmful to another person, against which legal action for damages may be taken
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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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Tort adjective Stretched tight; taut. [ R.] « Yet holds he them with
tortest rein.»
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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 with
tort .»
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A civil wrong where one person unreasonably interferes with the rights of another.
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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, torts are called civil wrongs, as opposed to cri.....
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An act, such as libel and trespass, for which one can be sued in a civil court.
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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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civil wrong noun (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
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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 distinguished from a crime in that it affects the in...
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an injury or wrong committed, either with or without force, and either intentionally or negligently, to the person or property of another
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