tort /ˈtɔrt/
  民事侵權行為
  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.
  Tort, a. Stretched tight; taut. [R.]
     Yet holds he them with tortest rein.   --Emerson.
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  tort
       n : (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be
           brought [syn: civil wrong]