Definition of Torts

1. Noun. (plural of tort) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Torts

1. tort [n] - See also: tort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Torts

tortoiseshell-cat
tortoiseshell cat
tortoiseshell cats
tortoiseshell turtle
tortoiseshells
tortoni
tortonis
tortrices
tortricid
tortricid moth
tortricids
tortrix
tortrixes
torts (current term)
tortulous
tortuosities
tortuosity
tortuous
tortuous aorta
tortuously
tortuousness
tortuousnesses
torturable
torture
torture chamber
torture stake
torture stakes
tortured

Literary usage of Torts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of the Law of Bills and Notesby Charles Phelps Norton, Harold McLean Wilkie by Charles Phelps Norton, Harold McLean Wilkie (1914)
"B., Professor of the Law of torts in Minnesota University Law School. ... General Nature of torts. 2. Variations in the Normal Right to Sue. 3. ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"The wife's separate estate is not, in general, liable for her torts not connected with it. Wain- ford v. Heyl, 20 LR Eq. 321. Statutes enlarging the wife's ..."

3. The Law of Contracts by Theophilus Parsons (1883)
"OP THE torts OP AN INFANT. An infant is protected against his contracts, but not against his frauds or other torts, (e) But only for those committed by ..."

4. Handbook of the Law of Insuranceby William Reynolds Vance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
"B., Professor of the Law of torts in Minnesota University Law School. ... General Nature of torts. 2. Variations in the Normal Right to Sue. 3. ..."

5. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1910)
"Distinction Observed Between Simple torts and Those Arising from Contractual ... torts are divided into two general classes—pure and simple torts and torts ..."

6. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1917)
"TITLE IV torts OR DELICTS (DELICTA, MALEFICIA) CHAPTER I GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ... The connection between the law of torts or delicts and §814 criminal law. ..."

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