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tort
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[tɔːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability
(e.g: public nuisance is a crime as well as a tort)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the general sense ‘wrong, injury’): from Old French, from medieval Latin tortum ‘wrong, injustice’, neuter past participle of Latin torquere ‘to twist’
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definition by Oxford Dictionaries