TORT, noun [Latin tortus, twisted, from torqueo. The primary sense is to turn or strain, hence to twist.] 1. In law, any wrong or injury. Torts are injuries done to the person or property of another, as trespass, assault and battery, defamation and the like. 2. Mischief; calamity. [Except in the legal sense above explained, it is obsolete.]
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