TORTS

Noun

torts

plural of tort

Anagrams

• Rotts, Trots, trots

Source: Wiktionary


TORT

Tort, n. Etym: [F., from LL. tortum, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, p. p. of torqure to twist, bend. See Torture.]

1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.] That had them long opprest with tort. Spenser.

2. (Law)

Definition: 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. Executor de son tort. See under Executor.

– Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Wharton.

Tort, a.

Definition: Stretched tight; taut. [R.] Yet holds he them with tortestrein. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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