OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4946

tort

/tɔːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agravio extracontractual • delito civil • entuerto • tort
A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
A tort is a legal wrong committed upon the person or property independent of contract. It may be either (1) a direct invasion of some legal right of the individual; (2) the infract…
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