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]