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Tort   /tɔrt/   Listen
Tort

noun
1.
(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought.  Synonym: civil wrong.



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"Tort" Quotes from Famous Books



... father's fondness, Or know it to his sorrow, may his hopes Of joy be cut like mine, and his short life Be one continu'd tempest; if he lives, Let him be curs'd with jealousy and fear, And vext with anguish of neglecting scorn; May tort'ring hope present the flowing cup, Then hasty snatch it from his eager thirst, And when he dies base ...
— The Prince of Parthia - A Tragedy • Thomas Godfrey
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... dames de grant pris Qui traynant vont ver et gris, Roys, roynes, dus et contesses, En enfer vienent a granz presses; Mais ou ciel vont pres tout a fait Tort et bocu et contrefait. Ou ciel va toute la ringaille; Le grain avons et diex ...
— Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres • Henry Adams
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Words linked to "Tort" :   libel, alienation of affection, misconduct, invasion of privacy, wrongful conduct, actus reus, wrongdoing, trespass, law, jurisprudence


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