The legal term “tort” derives ultimately from the Latin word “tortus”. What does that Latin word…
The English legal word tort came through French, where it denotes a wrong. Its Latin root tortus comes from torquere, meaning to twist. The literal sense of tortus is…
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The legal term “tort” derives ultimately from the Latin word “tortus”. What does that Latin word literally mean?
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The English legal word tort came through French, where it denotes a wrong. Its Latin root tortus comes from torquere, meaning to twist. The literal sense of tortus is twisted or crooked.
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Option A
Incorrect. The Latin word tortus means twisted or crooked.
Option B
Correct. The term 'Tort' is derived from the Latin term 'tortum' / 'tortus' (past participle of 'torquere'), which literally means 'twisted' or 'crooked' (as opposed to straight or right).
Option C
Incorrect. 'Wrong' is the English legal equivalent of the French word 'tort', whereas the literal meaning of the Latin root 'tortus'/'tortum' is 'twisted' or 'crooked'.
Option D
Incorrect. The literal meaning of tortus is twisted or crooked.
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