torts
noun
Meaning
- An injury or wrong.
- A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
- (only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts).
- A tortoise.
- A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur).
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