Synonyms for Tort
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1. tort, civil wrongnoun

   (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

   Synonyms:
   tort, civil wrong

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1. • Law
   • Wrongdoing

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1. tortnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) wrong, injury

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1. List of paraphrases for "tort":

   torts, delict

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1. Alex Bond:

   Instead of EPA utilizing its world of expert authority to craft regulations, our members would be thrown into a world of tort and nuisance suits, that's a world of tremendous risk and uncertainty.

2. Erik Haas:

   However, as the bankruptcy court recognized, resolving these cases in the tort system would take decades and impose significant costs on LTL and the system.

3. Erik Haas:

   The company continues to believe that these claims are specious and lack scientific merit, however, as the bankruptcy court recognized, resolving these cases in the tort system would take decades and impose significant costs on LTL and the system.

4. Eric Holland:

   If defendants are celebrating this ruling as the end of St. Louis mass tort, they have not read the entire Missouri case law.

5. Alden Abbott:

   I think it's safe to say it's an uphill climb, but as lawyers normally do, belt and suspenders approach, when in a suit against a public official or any lawsuit for tort, which is basically what this seems to be, you're going to put down any defense that you think might be successful, immunity is only one out of many, and I suspect they're going to put a lot more on the First Amendment and the lack of being able to prove incitement. ... So if (immunity) were the only defense it would be an uphill defense, but it's only one of many responses.