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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tort/tɔːt/

▶noun Law a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability.

– origin ME: from OFr., from med. L. tortum ‘wrong, injustice’, neut. past part. of L. torquere ‘to twist’.

'tort' also found in these Oxford entries:

delict - lex loci - tortfeasor - tortious

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