from French for "wrong," a civil wrong or wrongful act, whether intentional or accidental,
from which injury occurs to another. Torts include all negligence cases as well
as intentional wrongs which result in harm. Therefore tort law is one of the major
areas of law (along with contract, real property and criminal law) and results in
more civil litigation than any other category. Some intentional torts may also be
crimes, such as assault, battery, wrongful death, fraud, conversion (a euphemism
for theft) and trespass on property and form the basis for a lawsuit for damages
by the injured party. Defamation, including intentionally telling harmful untruths
about another-either by print or broadcast (libel) or orally (slander)-is a tort
and used to be a crime as well.
See also assault battery conversion damages defamation fraud libel negligence
slander trespass wrongful death
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