John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 20 December 2005 11:57 am, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It comes from the root word 'tort' which is a legal word for > > > 'sue' (basically). > > Uh, no. It's a legal word for "harm", "damage" or "injury". > Ok, "reason for a civil suit" (it's been a few years).
To be precise, it's harm caused to someone which is neither a criminal offence nor a breach of contract; stuff like letting your hedge grow too high, blocking your neighbour's light and thereby reducing the value of his property. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
