Tort /(?)/ Tort n. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.] That had them long opprest with tort. 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. (Law) Phrases & Compounds Executor de son tort See under Executor. Tort feasor a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Tort a. Stretched tight; taut. [R.] Yet holds he them with tortest rein.