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Statute vs Tort - What's the difference?

statute | tort |

As nouns the difference between statute and tort

is that statute is written law, as laid down by the legislature while tort is fraction.

As an adjective tort is

broken.

statute

English

(wikipedia statute)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
  • (legal) (Common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.

    • Derived terms

    * statutory * statutorily * statutory rape

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    tort

    English

    (wikipedia tort)

    Etymology 1

    Dialectal variation of (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tart, sharp.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An injury or wrong.
  • * Spenser
    • that had them long opprest with tort
  • (legal) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied at civil law, usually through awarding damages.
  • (rfc-sense) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.
    • Synonyms
    * delict (Scottish law)
    Derived terms
    * tortious

    See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
  • * Emerson
    • Yet holds he them with tortest rein.

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