1. What Is a Tort?
Tort comes from the Latin term tortus, which means “crooked, dubious, twisted.” Torts are actions that are not straight but are crooked, or civil, wrongs. A tort is an interference with someone’s person or property. For Example, entering someone’s house without his or her permission is an interference and constitutes the tort of trespass. Causing someone’s character to be questioned is a wrong against the person and is the tort of defamation. The law provides protection against these harms in the form of remedies awarded after the wrongs are committed. These remedies are civil remedies for the acts of interference by others.

Reference:
Anderson's Business Law and the Legal Environment, Comprehensive Volume
ISBN-13: 978-1133587583  ISBN-10: 1133587585  Edition: 22nd
Page. 171
Chapter 9 Torts

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