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# tort

«tort» in Mova's school dictionary: **a wrong done to someone, such as hurting them through…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tort, torts) — law

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) A tort is a wrong done to someone, such as hurting them through carelessness or damaging their property, for which they can sue in a civil court for money (damages), even though it may not be a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/#m1)

2) It is not the same as «torte», a rich cake, or «taut», which means tight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about adult life and the law, it explains that if someone's carelessness hurts you (for example a shop leaves a wet floor with no sign and you fall), you may claim compensation; this is called negligence, a kind of tort. Phrases: «tort law», «the law of torts», «sue for a tort».

### examples

- Negligence is a tort, like when a careless driver hits a parked car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/#x1)
- Tort law decides who must pay when someone is harmed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/#x2)
- Trespassing on land can be a tort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/#x3)
- A lawyer explained that the tort case was about a dog bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/#x4)
- In a tort case, the winner usually gets money, not a prison sentence for the other side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/#x5)
- Spreading lies that harm someone's name can be a tort called defamation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/#x6)

### note

Countable: a tort, torts. Formal legal word. A crime is punished by the state; a tort is a wrong for which the hurt person sues. Some acts can be both. Do not confuse with «torte» (a cake, from German) or «taught».

### In the corpora

- [tort means a big layered cake, for example for birthdays.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/12-drinks-sweets-enjoy-your-meal/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tort» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.