Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wrong that is committed by someone who is legally obligated to provide a certain amount of carefulness in behavior to another and that causes injury to that person, who may seek compensation in a civil suit for damages.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A candle; a light.
- An erroneous form of
taut , simulating tort. - noun Wrong; injustice; harm.
- noun In law, a wrong such as the law requires compensation for in damages; an infringement or privation of the private or civil rights of a person considered as a private person or an owner. The same act considered in its relation to the state may be a crime.
- A Middle English form of
toward . - noun A cake. Compare
tart and torta. - noun A twisting, wrenching, or racking; a griping.
- Tart; sharp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Mischief; injury; calamity.
- noun (Law) 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.
- noun See under
Executor . - noun (Law) a wrongdoer; a trespasser.
- adjective rare Stretched tight; taut.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Stretched tight;
taut . - adjective
Tart ,sharp . - noun this sense?) (plural,
torts ) The area oflaw dealing with such wrongful acts.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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First-time filmmaker Susan Saladoff starts where for many Americans, the term "tort reform" first appeared.
How corporations award themselves legal immunity | Laura Flanders 2011
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First-time filmmaker Susan Saladoff starts where for many Americans, the term "tort reform" first appeared.
How corporations award themselves legal immunity | Laura Flanders 2011
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Some like the term tort deform, which suggests tort deformers, but those terms seem too flip for serious discourse.
Tort "Reform" 2 2007
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It also includes a good point about the term tort reform-
Tort "Reform" 2 2007
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Try to avoid the word tort by referring to a case more specifically as a negligence or personal-injury lawsuit.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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Try to avoid the word tort by referring to a case more specifically as a negligence or personal-injury lawsuit.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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BLITZER: All right, let's talk about what they call tort reform.
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Republican: Take out everything and put in tort reform and interstate competition.
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Ordinarily attorney's fees are not available in tort claims.
Smackin' the flack? He'll fight back. (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Again, there is a well settled test in tort that allows us to discern whether your control over that farming is sufficient to render you liable.
oroboros commented on the word tort
Trot in reverse.
July 22, 2007
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