Tort

What do we mean by tort?

A wrong that is committed by someone who is legally obligated to provide a certain amount of carefulness in behavior to another and that causes injury to that person, who may seek compensation in a civil suit for damages. noun

A cake. Compare tart and torta. noun

A twisting, wrenching, or racking; a griping. noun

A candle; a light. noun

Tart; sharp.

An erroneous form of taut, simulating tort.

A Middle English form of toward.

Wrong; injustice; harm. noun

In law, a wrong such as the law requires compensation for in damages; an infringement or privation of the private or civil rights of a person considered as a private person or an owner. The same act considered in its relation to the state may be a crime. noun

Mischief; injury; calamity. noun

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. noun

See under Executor. noun

A wrongdoer; a trespasser. noun

Stretched tight; taut. adjective

Tart, sharp. adjective

Stretched tight; taut. adjective

This sense?) (plural, torts) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts. noun

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought noun

An injury or wrong.

A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.

(only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts).

Words that are spelled similarly to tort:
tort.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tort:
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Words that rhyme with tort:
support, court, short, report, port, sport, thwart, resort, transport, purport, forte, exhort, import, retort, sort, consort, comport, escort, cavort, distort, snort, airport, extort, wart, torte, fort, ort, abort, passport, ct, sell short, deport, mort, davenport, quart, athwart, carport, teleport, stuart, contort, bort, assort, seaport, swart, cort, agincourt, porte, skort, boart, norte, quarte, fall short, gort, dort, freeport, cut short, last resort, rockport, underreport, in short, kangaroo court, superior court, spaceport, shreveport, corte, passive transport, rapaport, southport, public transport, contempt of court, world court, bridgeport, misreport, harcourt, supreme court, free port, zwart, laporte, treaty port, news report, prince consort, foret, active transport, probate court, reexport, juvenile court, appellate court, queen consort, tennis court, allport, kort, high court, moot court, serial port, financial support, kennebunkport, field sport, run short, water sport, tourist court.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tort:
intentional, new, common, maritime, wrong, personal, public, independent, alleged, joint, grand, actionable, strict, unintentional, separate, civil, toxic, statutory, international, constitutional, negligent, marine, particular, mass, wilful, pure, traditional, prima, mere, federal, willful, legal, false, ordinary, quasi, governmental, conflicting, nul, underlying, commercial, distinct, criminal, bare, equitable, competitive, contract, nominate, wrongful.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tort:
feasor, feasors, law, liability, claims, reform, cases, actions, litigation, litigants, based, reparation, guines, contract, distinction.

Consonant match to tort:
tart, torte, tarte, tartt.

Words that sound like tort:
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