tort

  • 71Tort law (England und Wales) — Im Recht von England und Wales bezeichnet Tort law ein Rechtsgebiet, das sich mit den zivilrechtlichen Folgen (anders das Strafrecht) von unerlaubten Handlungen beschäftigt. Das Wort tort geht auf das Partizip Perfekt Passiv des lateinischen… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 72Tort Law — The area of law that covers the majority of all civil lawsuits. Essentially, every claim that arises in civil court with the exception of contractual disputes falls under tort law. The concept of tort law is to redress a wrong done to a person,… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 73tort-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

  • 74tort — 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… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 75tort — 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 …

    Wiktionary

  • 76tort — 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 77tort — Mawdesley Glossary towards …

    English dialects glossary

  • 78Tort — Krænkelse, ydmygelse …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 79tort — s. n., pl. tórturi …

    Romanian orthography

  • 80tort — see TORMENT …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins