資料來源 : 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.