Category: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)

Defn: 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 Tort, a.

Defn: stretched tight; taut. [r.] Yet holds he them with tortestrein. Emerson.