1. Tort means a civil wrong, which is not exclusively a breach of contract or breach of trust.
b. Fraser
2. a civil wrong for which the remedy is a common law action for unliquidated damages and which is not exclusively the breach of a contract or the breach of a trust or other merely equitable obligation
c. Salmond
3. tortuous liability arises from the breach of a duty primarily fixed by the law; this duty is towards persons generally and its breach is redressable by an action for unliquidated damages
d. Section 2(m), Limitation Act
4. an infringement of a right in rem of a private individual giving a right of compensation at the suit of the injured party
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