tort

n. damage, wrong, injustice (Law)

Not to be confused with torte, a frosted cake. Tort is a legal term in common law jurisdictions that means a civil wrong, and can be a criminal wrong, that is recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. Its equivalent in civil law jurisdictions is delict. It is part of the law of obligations but unlike voluntarily assumed obligations on the parties created through a contract, the duties imposed under tort law are mandatory for all citizens in that jurisdiction. To behave 'tortiously' is to harm another's body, property, or legal rights, or to breach a duty owed under statutory law. One who commits a tortious act is called a "tortfeasor".
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n. injury, harm, damage

n. fault, wrong; mischief; harm, injury

(n.)
Mischief; injury; calamity.
  

(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.
  

(a.)
Stretched tight; taut.