资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tort \Tort\, n. [F., from LL. tortum, fr. L. tortus twisted,
crooked, p. p. of torqure to twist, bend. See {Torture}.]
1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.]
That had them long opprest with tort. --Spenser.
2. (Law) Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not
involving a breach of contract) for which an action will
lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States,
for a wrong or injury.
{Executor de son tort}. See under {Executor}.
{Tort feasor} (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. --Wharton.
Executor \Ex*ec"u*tor\, n. [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F.
ex['e]cuteur. Cf. {Executer}.]
1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of
baseness. --Shak.
2. An executioner. [Obs.]
Delivering o'er to executors paw? The lazy, yawning
drone. --Shak.
3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his
will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after
his decease.
{Executor de son tort} [Of., executor of his own wrong]
(Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in
the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.