tort

[ tawrt ]

/ tɔrt /

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noun Law.

a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.

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Origin of tort

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English: “injury, wrong,” from Old French, from Medieval Latin tortum “wrong, injustice,” noun use of neuter of Latin tortus “twisted, crooked, dubious,” past participle of torquēre “to twist, wring”

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tort

tort , torte

Words nearby tort

torsion meter, torsion pendulum, torsk, torso, torso murder, tort, torte, Tortelier, tortellini, tortfeasor, torticollis

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How to use tort in a sentence

However, we can begin reforming the bankruptcy system before the next mass tort bankruptcy of this type, where actual people have suffered irreparable harm.
What Americans Don’t Know About the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Hurts All of Us|Ryan Hampton|October 6, 2021|Time
Instead of a traditional course focused on an area of law such as contracts or torts, the school’s leaders crafted a more personal, broad-ranging look at leadership.
Most popular course ever at Georgetown Law? How to fight for justice.|Susan Svrluga|November 6, 2020|Washington Post
That case –— brought by prominent civil rights lawyers including Charles Ogletree and Johnnie Cochran — focused on civil and tort claims seeking reparations on behalf of about 200 survivors and descendants.
He’s Laying the Legal Groundwork for Reparations|Daniel Malloy|October 30, 2020|Ozy
They can seek medical tort reform to reduce the don’t-get-sued pressure physicians feel to advocate for more tests or procedures.
My cancer might be back—and I wonder if unnecessary radiation caused it in the first place|jakemeth|September 22, 2020|Fortune

They also hired an attorney and filed a federal tort claim against Customs and Border Protection for personal injury.
A Shooting on a Tribal Land Uncovers Feds Running Wild|Caitlin Dickson|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most companies want expanded free-trade deals and tort reform.
Mystery Solved: Here’s Why Big Business Keeps Supporting Republicans Even as Republicans Destroy the Economy|Daniel Gross|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Maybe they'd have saved Medicare Advantage from cuts, gotten some sort of tort reform thrown in, or slightly changed the pay-fors.
How Could the GOP Have Improved Obamacare?|Megan McArdle|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.
Making Law School Less Terrible|Ilana Glazer|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Saladoff admits that she made the film to advance her anti-tort reform point of view.
Scalding Takedown on Tort Reform|Gerald L. Shargel|June 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
As it is an impersonal, artificial thing, a corporation cannot possibly commit a wrong or tort like a natural person.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
In many states an action in tort instead of trespass is the proper remedy.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The publication of the same slander by different persons is not a joint tort, it is a distinct wrong done by each slanderer.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
As the gist of the tort consists of the injury done to one's reputation, the defamatory statement must have been published.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Why, oh why, is the stealing of one kind of property a criminal offense, and another only a civil tort?
Inventors & Inventions|Henry Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for tort

tort

/ (tɔːt) /

noun

law a civil wrong arising from an act or failure to act, independently of any contract, for which an action for personal injury or property damages may be brought

Word Origin for tort

C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin tortum, literally: something twisted, from Latin torquēre to twist

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