Tortious Liability Act

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• tortious — tor·tious / tȯr shəs/ adj: constituting a tort: recognized as a tort a tortious act tortious interference with contract tor·tious·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• liability — li·a·bil·i·ty /ˌlī ə bi lə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being liable 2: something for which one is liable: as a: a financial obligation: debt tax liability the bonds …   Law dictionary

• act — 1 n 1 a: something done by a person in accordance with his or her free will a tortious act see also actus reus b: the failure to do something that one has a legal duty to do – called also negative act; 2 a …   Law dictionary

• tortious — /torshas/ Wrongful; of the nature of a tort. The word tortious is used throughout the Restatement, Second, Torts, to denote the fact that conduct whether of act or omission is of such a character as to subject the actor to liability, under the… …   Black's law dictionary

• tortious — Partaking of the nature of a tort; wrongful; injurious. Characterizing conduct, whether of act or omission which is of such character as to subject the actor to liability under the principles of the law of torts. Restatement, Torts, Vol 1 § 6.… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Strict liability — Tort law Part of the …   Wikipedia

• Vicarious liability — This article is about vicarious liability in private litigation; for vicarious liability in criminal law, see Vicarious liability (criminal). Vicarious liability is a form of strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine… …   Wikipedia

• vicarious liability — see liability 2b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. vicarious liability …   Law dictionary

• tort — /tawrt/, n. Law. a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another s person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation. [1350 1400; ME: injury,… …   Universalium

• English tort law — Tort law in England and Wales concerns civil wrongs, as distinguished from criminal wrongs. Some wrongs are the concern of the state, and so the police with aids can enforce the law on the wrongdoers in court in a criminal case. A tort is not… …   Wikipedia

• tort — / tȯrt/ n [Anglo French, wrongful or illegal act, from Old French, injury, from Medieval Latin tortum, from Latin, neuter of tortus twisted, from past participle of torquēre to twist]: a wrongful act other than a breach of contract that injures… …   Law dictionary