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quasi-tort

quasi-tort noun: an unusual tort action on the basis of a legal doctrine that some legal duty exists which cannot be classified strictly as negligence in a personal duty resulting in a tort, nor as a contractual duty resulting in a breach of contract, but rather some other kind of duty recognizable by the law.

Noun

quasi-tort (plural quasi-torts)

  1. An unusual tort action on the basis of a legal doctrine that some legal duty exists which cannot be classified strictly as negligence in a personal duty resulting in a tort, nor as a contractual duty resulting in a breach of contract, but rather some other kind of duty recognizable by the law.

Forms of quasi-tort

pluralquasi-torts

Origin of quasi-tort

From quasi- + tort.

Questions about quasi-tort

What does quasi-tort mean?
Quasi-tort means an unusual tort action on the basis of a legal doctrine that some legal duty exists which cannot be classified strictly as negligence in a personal duty resulting in a tort, nor as a contractual duty resulting in a breach of contract, but rather some other kind of duty recognizable by the law.
What part of speech is quasi-tort?
Quasi-tort is a noun.
What is the plural of quasi-tort?
The plural of quasi-tort is quasi-torts.

Words near quasi-tort in the dictionary

  1. quasi-stoichiometric
  2. quasi-synonym
  3. quasi-synonyms
  4. quasi-three-dimensional
  5. quasi-three-dimensionality
  6. quasi-tort
  7. quasi-torts
  8. quasi-traditional
  9. quasi-transitive
  10. quasi-two-dimensional
  11. quasi-two-dimensionality

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