'Tort' definitions:
Definition of 'tort'
(from WordNet)
noun
(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought [syn: tort, civil wrong]
Definition of 'Tort'
From: GCIDE
- Tort \Tort\, a. Stretched tight; taut. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Yet holds he them with tortest rein. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tort'
From: GCIDE
- Tort \Tort\, n. [F., from LL. tortum, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, p. p. of torqure to twist, bend. See Torture.]
- 1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- That had them long opprest with tort. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Executor de son tort. See under Executor.
- Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tort'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atrocity,
- breach,
- crime,
- crime against humanity,
- deadly sin,
- delict,
- delinquency,
- dereliction,
- diablerie,
- enormity,
- error,
- evil,
- failure,
- fault,
- felony,
- genocide,
- guilty act,
- heavy sin,
- illegality,
- impropriety,
- indiscretion,
- inexpiable sin,
- iniquity,
- injury,
- injustice,
- lapse,
- malefaction,
- malfeasance,
- malum,
- minor wrong,
- misdeed,
- misdemeanor,
- misfeasance,
- mortal sin,
- nonfeasance,
- offense,
- omission,
- outrage,
- peccadillo,
- peccancy,
- sin,
- sin of commission,
- sin of omission,
- sinful act,
- slip,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- trip,
- unutterable sin,
- venial sin,
- violation,
- wrong,
- wrongdoing