tort

Noun
  • (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought (synset 100735181)
    domain category: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    domain member category: libel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
    hypernym: actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct - activity that transgresses moral or civil law
    hyponym:
    • alienation of affection - a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse
    • invasion of privacy - the wrongful intrusion by individuals or the government into private affairs with which the public has no concern
    • trespass - a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
    synonym: civil wrong

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