Meaning | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought. |
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Synonym | tort |
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Category of | libel | A false / false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Narrower | alienation of affection | A tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse |
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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 |
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Spanish | agravio |
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Catalan | greuge, tort |
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