Tort

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.] That had them long opprest with tort. Spenser.

2. Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury. Executor de son tort. See under Executor. -- Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Wharton.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Stretched tight; taut. [R.] Yet holds he them with tortestrein. Emerson.