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>>tort - retort (what's a tort)
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>"Any wrongdoing for which and action for damages may be brought"... probably another American legal term.
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Actually, I think this comes from the English legal system. Could be wrong though. :-)

>>Nice selection of words. Many you need to blame the French for again. They use "re" in many words and don't mean "again". e.g. "retour" means "turn".