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Meaning of 'tort' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tort [ a.]
- Stretched tight; taut.
2 . Tort [ n.]
- Mischief; injury; calamity.
- Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury.

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