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Originally Posted by Cyclopea
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from www.dictionary.com:
tort
/tɔrt/
–nounLaw.
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME: injury, wrong < OF < ML tortum wrong, injustice, n. use of neut. of L tortus twisted, crooked, dubious, ptp. of torquēre to twist, wring
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Last edited by StoneFinn; 05-04-2010 at 04:22 AM.
Reason: cleaning up a bit-- was hard to read.
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