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n. Law Damage, injury, or a wrongful act done willfully, negligently, or in circumstances involving strict liability, but not involving breach of contract, for which a civil suit can be brought.

adj. Tart, sharp.

n. this sense?) (plural, torts) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.

adj. 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.

adj. Stretched tight; taut.

n. Wrong; injustice; harm.

n. 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.

n. A cake. Compare tart and torta.

n. A twisting, wrenching, or racking; a griping.

n. A candle; a light.

Tart; sharp.

An erroneous form of taut, simulating tort.

A Middle English form of toward.

n. (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

"It also includes a good point about the term tort reform-"

wrongful conduct    misconduct    wrongdoing    actus reus   

action of tort    in tort    executor de son tort    maritime tort    to count in tort    Wikipedia article on "tort"   

alienation of affection    trespass    invasion of privacy   

tortious   

mischief    injury    calamity    taut    delict    trespass   

Court    Dort    Mort    Porte    Stuart    abort    assort    athwart    boart    bort   

besoin    peur    l'honneur    serment    parcouru    Eu    appris    tenu    quelquefois    lair