Bible Dictionaries
Tort
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(a.) Stretched tight; taut.
(3):
(n.) Mischief; injury; calamity.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tort'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tort.html. 1828.