Torts is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Torts meaning
Synonym of tort law (“the area of law dealing with wrongful acts, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to contracts, which cause injuries and can be remedied in civil courts, usually through the awarding of damages”).
Using Torts
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of tort law (“the area of law dealing with wrongful acts, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to contracts, which cause injuries and can be remedied in civil courts, usually through the awarding of damages”).
- In the example corpus, torts often appears in combinations such as: of torts, the torts, to torts.
Context around Torts
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Torts
- In this selection, "torts" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, business, quasi, mass, interference, may and main stand out and add context to how "torts" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include active mass torts in 2022 and and business torts section of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "torts" sits close to words such as acolytes, acv and afolabi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with torts
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These are loosely grouped into quasi-torts or liability torts. (10 words)
Torts never let him start the first game of a back-to-back series. (14 words)
Intentional torts include, among others, certain torts arising from the occupation or use of land. (15 words)
Effectively, this section immunizes both ISPs and Internet users from liability for torts committed by others using their website or online forum, even if the provider fails to take action after receiving actual notice of the harmful or offensive content. (40 words)
For 25 years he has been an Elected Member of the prestigious American Law Institute and is a member of the Alabama Law Foundation, having also founded the Antitrust and Business Torts Section of the Alabama Bar Association. (38 words)
For example, at the time English "courts of law" tried cases of torts or private law for monetary damages but "courts of equity " tried civil cases seeking an injunction or another form of non-monetary relief. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Quasi-torts may be used to refer to torts which are similar to but somewhat different from typical torts.
Business torts main Business or economic torts typically involve commercial transactions, and include tortious interference with trade or contract, fraud, injurious falsehood, and negligent misrepresentation.
Intentional torts include, among others, certain torts arising from the occupation or use of land.
These are loosely grouped into quasi-torts or liability torts.
Torts never let him start the first game of a back-to-back series.
We make our list and see how it compares to our list of the most active mass torts in 2022 from last year.
A spokeswoman for Wickes said because the tank remains on the premises the company is operating within its legal rights to issue the owner with a notice under the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977.
For 25 years he has been an Elected Member of the prestigious American Law Institute and is a member of the Alabama Law Foundation, having also founded the Antitrust and Business Torts Section of the Alabama Bar Association.
Numerous companies were typically sued in each of these mass torts matters, and depositions were usually attended in person or by phone by dozens of lawyers.
We never developed the law of torts….to claim damages…That’s the remedy,” observed Justice S Ravindra Bhat, who was part of the bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.
His commercial litigation experience includes actions arising from breach of contract, business torts, construction disputes, franchise disputes and copyright infringement.
That’s what happened Sunday when Torts popped off at general manager Jim Rutherford and defenceman with the Pens after more than six seasons in Columbus.
Among other examples, the tort of insurance bad faith arises out of a contractual relationship, and "collateral torts" such as wrongful dismissal involving possible overlap with labour law contracts.
British scholar Glanville Williams notes four possible bases on which different torts rested: appeasement, justice, deterrence and compensation.
Effectively, this section immunizes both ISPs and Internet users from liability for torts committed by others using their website or online forum, even if the provider fails to take action after receiving actual notice of the harmful or offensive content.
For example, at the time English "courts of law" tried cases of torts or private law for monetary damages but "courts of equity " tried civil cases seeking an injunction or another form of non-monetary relief.
Holmes' writings have been described as the "first serious attempt in the common law world to give torts both a coherent structure and a distinctive substantive domain", Goldberg JCP, Zipursky BC.
However, the second and the third versions of the Restatement of Torts eliminated the strict requirement because it can be difficult to prove "exclusive control".
In England, the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 has significantly amended the law relating to wrongful interference with goods and abolished some longstanding remedies and doctrines.
In New Zealand, a no-fault accident compensation system has limited the development of personal injury torts.
Common combinations with torts
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of torts 6×
- the torts 4×
- to torts 3×
- business torts 3×
- intentional torts 3×
- mass torts 3×
- torts in 2×
- torts interference 2×
- for torts 2×
- torts committed 2×