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Section 2(m) of the Limitation Act, 1963 defines 'tort'. What is the statutory definition?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. **Section 2(m) of the Limitation Act, 1963** states: '**Tort means a civil wrong which is not exclusively a breach of contract or breach of trust.**'
2. Salmond expanded: '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.'
3. Two elements are derived: (i) a tort is a species of civil injury / wrong as opposed to a criminal wrong, and (ii) every civil wrong is NOT a tort.
4. The distinction between civil and criminal wrongs depends on the nature of the appropriate remedy provided by law.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 6 'Law Relating to Torts', Introduction, p. 136._
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