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Definition of tort

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Tort (n.) Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury..

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Convoluted :: Convoluted (a.) Folded in tortuous windings.

Tortuose :: Tortuose (a.) Wreathed; twisted; winding.

Knurl :: Knurl (n.) A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.

Thalassian :: Thalassian (n.) Any sea tortoise.

Pain :: Pain (n.) To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him..

Polygonum :: Polygonum (n.) A genus of plants embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc..

Cooter :: Cooter (n.) The box tortoise.

Retort :: Retort (n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity..

Wrongdoer :: Wrongdoer (n.) One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor.

Meander :: Meander (n.) A tortuous or intricate movement.

Cruciate :: Cruciate (v. t.) To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..

Tortious :: Tortious (a.) Injurious; wrongful.

Tort :: Tort (n.) Mischief; injury; calamity.

Leatherback :: Leatherback (n.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc..

Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..

Provocation :: Provocation (n.) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress..