tort
tort
Definition
tort (tôrt)
noun
a wrongful act, injury, or damage (not involving a breach of contract), for which a civil action can be brought
Etymology: OFr < ML tortum < neut. of L tortus, pp. of torquere, to twist < IE *terk-, to turn < base *ter-, to rub > throw
tort
Law Definition
n
- A private or civil wrong for which a remedy may be sought, usually in the form of monetary damages; a breach of duty that exists under societal expectations regarding interaction among equals in a transaction, rather than arising from a specific contract.
- The branch of the legal system or legal code that deals with such wrongs.
tort
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- defamation: Detailed discussion of the problems involved in developing a tort of group defamation is outside the scope of this article.
- deceit: Yardley was therefore liable in the tort of deceit.
- negligence: Consent is not a defense to a claim in the tort of negligence.
- nuisance: Talk of ' modernizing ' the tort of nuisance is, on this view, somewhat misplaced.
- harassment: In areas where EU law applies, they have simply copied in the undefined definition of the tort of harassment.
Converse of object
- commit: The Claimant seeks relief before the English Court for a tort committed in England.
- constitute: Tort [ 20 ] Behavior resulting in harm or loss to another person is likely to constitute a tort.
- preserve: Their own think are used on preserving the tort.
- buy: Do not buy torts from shops, they have not been bred in the UK, they are imported from Slovenia.
Adjective modifier
- toxic: LEGAL ASPECTS 12.1 The legal implications of mobile telephony base station mast erection near to vicinal residences raises the issue of toxic tort.
- statutory: Can lawful behavior be prohibited under the statutory tort of harassment?
- civil: Section 3: Creates a civil tort in relation to the course of conduct prohibited by section 1 for which damages may be awarded.
- economic: The title was ' Economic torts in the 21st century ' .
Modifies a noun
- reformer: Quotes on several or hospital the quiz is tort reformers still.
- filing: Rate cars based a first for county tort filings.
- litigation: On the surface the case looked like a quintessential example of tort litigation gone haywire.
- reform: Reality, however, nor tort reform, are the real intent of the present article.
- liability: Moreover, under the tort system liability is already disproportionate.
- law: These are the " building blocks " of tort law.
Noun used with modifier
- county: Rate cars based a first for county tort filings.
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