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Tort definition

Tort means Delict
Tort means a legal wrong, independent of contract, involving violation of a duty imposed by general law or otherwise, resulting in a loss to any person, association or corporation as the proximate result of an act or omission of a political subdivision or the state or an employee acting within the scope of employment.

Examples of Tort in a sentence

  • Sourcewell’s responsibility will be governed by the State of Minnesota’s Tort Liability Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 466) and other applicable law.

  • Unless OPLA concludes that representation clearly is unwarranted, it will forward the request for representation, any supporting documentation, and an advisory statement opining whether: 1) the requesting individual was acting within the scope of his/her authority under 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) and this MOA; and, 2) such representation would be in the interest of the United States, to the Director of the Constitutional and Specialized Tort Litigation Section, Civil Division, Department of Justice (DOJ).

  • Participating LEA personnel will be treated as Federal employees for purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1), 2671-2680, and worker’s compensation claims, 5 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq., when performing a function on behalf of ICE as authorized by this MOA.

  • The City and its “public employees” as defined in the New Mexico Tort Claims Act, do not waive sovereign immunity, do not waive any defense, and do not waive any limitation of liability pursuant to law.

  • To assist districts with the crosswalk of its Limitation of Administrative Costs Worksheet (LAC) within the school district's FY 2021 budget, please complete the crosswalk of FY 2020 Tort Fund expenditures that would have been reflected within one of the Limitation of Administrative Costs functions if the amended rules were effective beginning with FY 2020.


More Definitions of Tort

Tort means a legal wrong, independent of contract,
Tort means any legal wrong, breach of duty, or negligent or unlawful act or omission proximately causing injury or damage to another.
Tort means any legal wrong, breach of duty, or negligent or unlawful act
Tort means a civil wrong which is not exclusively the breach of a contract or the breach of a trust;
Tort means any breach of duty or any negligent act or omission proximately causing injury or damage to another. The standard of care required of every health care provider, except a hospital, in rendering professional services or health care to a patient, shall be to exercise that degree of skill ordinarily employed, under similar circumstances, by the members of his profession in good standing in the same community or locality, and to use reasonable care and diligence, along with his best judgment, in the application of his skill.
Tort shall include “extracontractual liability,” (k) “xxxxxx” shall include “depositor” and “bailee” shall include “depositary,” (l) “goods” shall include “corporeal movable property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and securities, (m) an “agent” shall include a “mandatary,” (n) “construction liens” shall include “legal hypothecs in favour of persons having taken part in the construction or renovation of an immovable,” (o) “joint and several” shall include “solidary,” (p) “gross negligence or willful misconduct” shall be deemed to be “intentional or gross fault,” (q) “beneficial ownership” shall include “ownership” and “legal title” shall include holding title on behalf of an owner as mandatary or xxxxx-nom”; (r) “easement” shall include “servitude,” (s) “priority” shall include “prior claim” or “rank,” as applicable; (t) “survey” shall include “certificate of location and plan,” (u) “state” shall include “province,”
Tort means in breach of contract. 1.27 “Turnkey” means a procurement process where one service