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.

A cake. Compare tart and torta.

A twisting, wrenching, or racking; a griping.

A candle; a light.

Tart; sharp.

An erroneous form of taut, simulating tort.

A Middle English form of toward.

Wrong; injustice; harm.

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.

Mischief; injury; calamity.