| NOUN | act | civil wrong, tort | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
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| Meaning | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought. | |
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| Synonym | tort | |
| Category of | libel | A false / false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | alienation of affection | A tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse |
| invasion of privacy | The wrongful / wrongful intrusion by individuals or the government into private affairs with which the public has no concern | |
| trespass | A wrongful / wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages | |
| Broader | wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus | Activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
| Spanish | agravio | |
| Catalan | greuge, tort | |
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