Tort is a legal term in common law jurisdictions that means a civil wrong, that is recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. Tort is a breach of some duty independent of contract giving rise to a civil cause of action and for which compensation is recoverable. Being a civil injury, tort differs from crime in all respects in which a civil remedy differs from a criminal one.
Tort is a legal term in common law jurisdictions that means a civil wrong, that is recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. Tort is a breach of some duty independent of contract giving rise to a civil cause of action and for which compensation is recoverable. Being a civil injury, tort differs from crime in all respects in which a civil remedy differs from a criminal one.
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Tort is a legal term in common law jurisdictions that means a civil wrong, that is recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. Tort is a breach of some duty independent of contract giving rise to a civil cause of action and for which compensation is recoverable. Being a civil injury, tort differs from crime in all respects in which a civil remedy differs from a criminal one.
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Law Of Torts
= The law of torts is fashioned as an instrument for
making people adhere to the standards of
reasonable behaviour and respect the rights and
interests of one another.
= Every wrongful act is not a tort. To constitute a tort,
# There must be a wrongful act committed by a
person;
# The wrongful act must be of such a nature as to
give rise to a legal remedy and
# Such legal remedy must be in the form of an
action for unliquidated damages.| Law Of Torts
= Tort is a legal term in common law
jurisdictions that means a civil wrong, that is
recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit.
= The term tort is the French equivalent of the
English word ‘wrong’ and of the Roman law
term ‘delict’. The word tort is derived from
the Latin word tortum which means twisted
or crooked or wrong and is in contrast to the
word rectum which means straight.