In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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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