tort
Noun
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(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought (synset 100735181)
domain category: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authoritydomain member category: libel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living personhypernym: actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct - activity that transgresses moral or civil lawhyponym:
- 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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