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tortIn law, a wrongful act for which someone can be sued for damages in a civil court. It includes such acts as libel, trespass, injury done to someone (whether intentionally or by negligence), and inducement to break a contract (although breach of contract itself is not a tort). In general a tort is distinguished from a crime in that it affects the interests of an individual rather than of society at large, but some crimes can also be torts (for example, assault). |
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| A moment later the regiment roared forth its sudden and valiant re- tort. to estop as to forestall mine own tort. But the whole thickness of some learned counsel's treatise upon Torts did not screen him satisfactorily. |
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