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  • 61tort — UK [tɔː(r)t] / US [tɔrt] noun [countable] Word forms tort : singular tort plural torts legal an action that harms someone and for which you can be judged legally responsible although it is not a crime …

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  • 62tort — /tɔt / (say tawt) noun Law 1. a civil injury, actionable by a private individual, as opposed to a criminal wrong, actionable by the state. 2. (plural) → tort law. 3. See executor de son tort. {French: a wrong} …

  • 63tort —   n. civil injury, excluding breach of contract, actionable for damages.    ♦ tort    ♦ feasor, person committing tort …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 64Tort — Tọrt, der; [e]s <französisch> (veraltend für Kränkung, Unbill); jemandem einen Tort antun; zum Tort …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • 65tort-feasor — A wrong doer; an individual or business that commits or is guilty of a tort. See also joint tort feasors …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 66tort — noun Tort is used before these nouns: ↑action, ↑lawyer, ↑litigation, ↑reform …

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  • 67Tort — Tọrt 〈m.; Gen.: (e)s; Pl.: unz.〉 Kränkung, etwas Unrechtes, Unangenehmes; jmdm. einen Tort antun [Etym.: frz., »Unrecht« <lat. torquere »drehen, winden; martern«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 68Tort — Tortm jmdenTortantun(jmetwzumTortantun)=jnkränken.Ausfranz»tort=Unrecht,Verdruß«.Etwaseit1700 …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache

  • 69tort — To beat up. When he didn t give me the remote control I threatened to tort him …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 70tort — To beat up. When he didn t give me the remote control I threatened to tort him …

    Dictionary of american slang