Tort n.
1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.]
That had them long opprest with tort. --Spenser.
2. Law 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.
Executor de son tort. See under Executor.
Tort feasor Law, a wrongdoer; a trespasser.
Ex·ec·u·tor n.
1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.
2. An executioner. [Obs.]
Delivering o'er to executors paw░
The lazy, yawning drone. --Shak.
3. Law The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.
Executor de son tort Law, a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
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