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  • 71tort — [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] torts N VAR A tort is something that you do or fail to do which harms someone else and for which you can be sued for damages. [LEGAL] …

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  • 72tort — <ital.> Yağ, şəkərtozu, yumurta qatılmış xəmirdən hazırlanan şirniyyat məmulatı. Meyvə tortu. Qozlu tort …

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  • 73tort — n. Law a breach of duty (other than under contract) leading to liability for damages. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L tortum wrong, neut. past part. of L torquere tort twist …

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  • 74English tort law — Tort law in England and Wales concerns civil wrongs, as distinguished from criminal wrongs. Some wrongs are the concern of the state, and so the police with aids can enforce the law on the wrongdoers in court in a criminal case. A tort is not… …

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  • 75Australian tort law — Tort law in Australia is the body of precedents and, to a lesser extent, legislation, that together define the operation of tort law in Australia. A tort is a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract. Tort law is a way in which the law can… …

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  • 76List of basic tort law topics — Tort law refers to any given body of law that creates and provides remedy for civil wrongs that do not arise from contractual duties. A person who is legally injured may be able to use tort law to recover damages from someone who is legally… …

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  • 77Executor de son tort — 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… …

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  • 78tort — noun Etymology: Middle English, injury, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin tortum, from Latin, neuter of tortus twisted, from past participle of torquēre Date: 1586 a wrongful act other than a breach of contract for which relief may be… …

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  • 79tort — 1. adjective /ˈtɔː(r)t/ Tart, sharp. 2. noun /ˈtɔː(r)t/ a) An injury or wrong. b) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which …

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  • 80tort — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

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