An infringement of a person's rights, especially a tort.
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There is a risk of creating anomalies between damages recoverable for breach of Convention rights and those for other civil wrongs.
It is a civil wrong to cause injury to another by negligence in driving a vehicle, but the claim is barred or reduced if the negligent conduct of the person injured is also a cause of the injury.
The law of torts, or civil wrongs, is extensive and its boundaries are indistinct.
In the nineteenth century it was accepted that a conviction for criminal conspiracy could be based on an agreement to do any unlawful act, even though that act was not criminal but only a civil wrong, such as a tort or breach of contract.
What civil wrong have these defendants committed?
Definition of civil wrong in US English:
civil wrong
noun
Law
An infringement of a person's rights, such as a tort or breach of contract.
〔律〕侵权（如违约侵权）
Example sentencesExamples
What civil wrong have these defendants committed?
The law of torts, or civil wrongs, is extensive and its boundaries are indistinct.
It is a civil wrong to cause injury to another by negligence in driving a vehicle, but the claim is barred or reduced if the negligent conduct of the person injured is also a cause of the injury.
In the nineteenth century it was accepted that a conviction for criminal conspiracy could be based on an agreement to do any unlawful act, even though that act was not criminal but only a civil wrong, such as a tort or breach of contract.
There is a risk of creating anomalies between damages recoverable for breach of Convention rights and those for other civil wrongs.