tort

  1. Adjective.  Tart, sharp.
  2. Noun.  An injury or wrong. (defdate, from the mid-13th c.) .
  3. 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.) .
  4. Noun.  (rfc-sense) (context, plural) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.

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