Tort

//tɔːt//

Synonyms for "tort" (75 found)

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Closest matches (15)

delict atrocity breach crime crime against humanity deadly sin delinquency dereliction diablerie enormity error

Noun(4 words)

civil wrong crime delict delinquency

Strong matches (23)

Related words (37)

misdemeanor misfeasance mortal sin nonfeasance offense omission outrage peccadillo peccancy sin sin of commission sin of omission sinful act slip tortoiseshell transgression trespass trip unutterable sin venial sin

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violation wrong wrongdoing

Noun(12 words)

misdemeanor misdoing offense peccadillo perpetration sin tortfeasance tortoiseshell transgression veniality wrong wrongdoing

Adjective(2 words)

tart taut

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

4 entries

actus reus misconduct wrongdoing wrongful conduct

Synonyms

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delict

Related terms

8 entries

cotortfeasor de son tort delict tortfeasance tortfeasor tortionary tortious tortiously

derived

3 entries

quasi-tort tort law torts

etymologically related_to

3 entries

tart torsion torture

has context

3 entries

law only in plural torts slang

is a

1 entries

wrongdoing

related to

15 entries

civil court damages de son tort injury intentional negligent shape sharp tart taut tort law tortoise tortoiseshell wrong wrongful

Translations

52 translations across 41 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

الضرر في القانون noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Bengali

1 entries

টর্ট noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Catalan

1 entries

delicte civil noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

侵權行為 /侵权行为 noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Czech

1 entries

přečin noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Danish

1 entries

erstatningsret noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Dutch

1 entries

onrechtmatige daad noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Finnish

3 entries

delikti noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
vahingoittaminen noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
vahingonteko noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

French

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délit civil noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Galician

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torto noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Georgian

1 entries

დელიქტი noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

German

1 entries

unerlaubte Handlung noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Greek

1 entries

αδικοπραξία noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Hebrew

1 entries

דיני נזיקין noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Hindi

1 entries

अपकृत्य noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Hungarian

4 entries

károkozás noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
magánjogi vétkes cselekmény noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
sérelem noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
vétség noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Indonesian

1 entries

pelanggaran noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Italian

1 entries

illecito civile noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Japanese

1 entries

不法行為 noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Kannada

1 entries

ಅಪಕೃತ್ಯ noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Korean

1 entries

불법행위 noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Lithuanian

1 entries

deliktų teisė noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Macedonian

2 entries

пра́во на обесштету́вање noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
пре́кршок noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Malay

1 entries

tort noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Nepali

1 entries

अपकृत्य noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

erstatningsrett noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
tort noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

tort noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Persian

1 entries

شبهجرم noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Polish

2 entries

czyn niedozwolony noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
delikt cywilny noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Portuguese

1 entries

ato ilícito noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਟੋਰਟ noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Romansch

1 entries

act nunlubì noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Sinhalese

1 entries

තෝරත noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Spanish

4 entries

agravio extracontractual noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
delito civil noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
entuerto noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)
tort noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Swedish

1 entries

ersättningsrätt noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Tagalog

1 entries

pamiminsalang sinadya noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Tajik

1 entries

шабеҳи ҷурм noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Tamil

1 entries

பொல்லாக்கு noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Thai

1 entries

ละเมิด noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Turkish

1 entries

haksız fiil noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Welsh

1 entries

camwedd noun (wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

After being injured on the job, Tom's initial plan to sue his employer was halted when he was informed that the same law that had required his employer to carry Worker's Compensation Insurance for its employees also defined Tom as a statutory employee, and thus he had no legal right to file a separate tort claim.

Source: tatoeba (3035297)

[…] Wrong or Iniury, is in French aptly called Tort, becauſe Iniury & wrong is wreſted or crooked, being contrary to that which is right and ſtreight. […] And Britton ſaith that Tort a la ley eſt contrarye [a wrong to the law is contrary], and as aptly for the cauſe aforeſaid is iniury in English called wrong.

Source: wiktionary

Personal actions are ſuch vvhereby a man claims a debt, or perſonal duty, or damages in lieu thereof; and likevviſe vvhereby a man claims a ſatisfaction in damages for ſome injury done to his perſon or property. The former are ſaid to be founded on contracts, the latter upon torts or vvrongs: […] of the latter all actions for treſpaſſes, nuſances, aſſaults, defamatory vvords, and the like.

Source: wiktionary

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 infraction of some public duty by which special damage accrues to the individual; (3) the violation of some private obligation by which like damage accrues to the individual.

Source: wiktionary

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