In the common law, a tort is a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which the law provides a remedy. The origins of the modern law of torts lie in the old remedies of trespass and trespass on the case. The term itself comes from law French and means, literally, "a wrong." The French phrase avoir tort translates to "to have wrong." The analogous body of law in civil law legal systems is delict.
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