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tort
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tort
Etymology: L, tortus, twisted
(in law) a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract. Torts include negligence, false imprisonment, assault, and battery. The elements of a tort are a legal duty owed by the defendant to the plaintiff, a breach of duty, and damage from the breach of duty. A tort may be constitutional, in which one person deprives another of a right or immunity guaranteed by the Constitution; personal, in which a person or a person's reputation or feelings are injured; or intentional, in which the wrong is a deliberate act that is unlawful. Many other kinds of torts exist. tortious, adj.
tort,
n civil infractions (except for breach of contract) that result in injury entitling compensation. Includes but is not limited to trespassing, negligence, and defamation.
tort,
n a legal wrong perpetrated on a person or property, independent of contract.
tort
Law & medicine An act deemed unlawful and capable of triggering a civil action; the wrongdoer–tortfeasor may be held liable in damages. See Malpractice, Negligence Opthalmology verb To rotate an eye on its anteroposterior axis.
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Interestingly, while extortion may constitute a violation of a criminal law, it does not give rise to a civil tort or a corresponding action for damages.
Extortion: what your client wants by Stolberg, William H.; Hirschberg, David L. / Florida Bar Journal
As a result of this interpretation of the UTSA, businesses are free to bring a variety of other civil tort claims for the misappropriation of information that falls just short of trade secret status.
I have a secret? Applying the Uniform Trade Secrets Act to ... by Piper, Julie / Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Byline: The Register-Guard President Bush has decided to spend a substantial amount of his political capital on an ambitious effort to reform the civil tort system.
Refine the reforms by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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