tort
- Adjective. Tart, sharp.
- Noun. An injury or wrong. (defdate, from the mid-13th c.) .
- Noun. (legal) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied at civil law, usually through awarding damages. A delict. (defdate, from the later 16th c.) .
- Noun. (rfc-sense) (context, plural) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.
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