A tort is a civil wrong committed against a person or property. Which option best matches this definition?

• A. Criminal Offense
• B. Administrative Violation
• C. Civil Wrong
• D. Contract Breach

Answer: (C)

A tort is a civil wrong that harms a person or their property, with the law providing a remedy like damages. That makes the best match Civil Wrong, since it is the direct description of what a tort is.

Criminal offenses are wrongs against society punished by the state, not civil wrongs aimed at an individual’s remedy. Administrative violations involve breaches of regulatory rules set by government agencies and usually result in fines or penalties administered by those agencies. A breach of contract is a failure to perform what a contract requires; that falls under contract law rather than tort law, though some acts can lead to both a contract claim and a tort claim in different contexts.

So, because torts are defined as civil wrongs affecting a person or their property, Civil Wrong is the precise match.