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tort
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
tort
(noun)
tort
/
ˈ
toɚt/
noun
plural
torts
tort
/
ˈ
toɚt/
noun
plural
torts
Britannica Dictionary definition of TORT
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law
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an action that wrongly causes harm to someone but that is not a crime and that is dealt with in a civil court
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