“Tort means civil wrong which is not exclusively a breach of contract or breach of trust” according to Section 2(m), of the Limitation Act, 1963. Private wrong is also known as civil wrong. Tort is one of the kind of civil wrong. Person who commit wrong is known as ‘Tort-Feasor’ or ‘Wrongdoer’ and the person who suffer injury to his/her person/property/reputation is known as aggrieved. Tort is derived from the Latin word ‘Tortum’ which means ‘Twisted’ which is equivalent to English word ‘wrong’ or ‘wrongful act’. Every Tort is a civil wrong but every civil wrong is not Tort. It causes injury to individual or group of individual. In law of Tort burden of proof lies on the aggrieved who suffers injury. Torts consist of various Torts or wrongful act whereby wrongdoer violates some legal rights vested on the other person. Suit for Tort filed in the civil court. The normal remedy for Tort is in the financial form.
In simple word, Tort is the civil wrong, this civil wrong is other than the mere breach of contract or breach of trust and this wrong is redressible by an action for unliquidated damages.