[tɔːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability
(e.g: public nuisance is a crime as well as a tort)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘wrong, injury’): from Old French, from medieval Latin tortum ‘wrong, injustice’, neuter past participle of Latin torquere ‘to twist’