The term derived from the Latin word tortious which means wrong. A body of the law which permits an injured person to recover compensation from the injuring party. When one person injures another, either intentionally or by negligence, a court may award money damages to the injured party so that they will suffer the pain caused by their action. So tort is a wrongful act, other than a breach of contract, such that the law permits compensation of damages.

Action being in tort instituted against a firm of which defendant 2 is a partner the several partners will be liable severally and jointly as joint tort-feasors and if any negligence could be proved as against the firm defendant No. 2, who is one of the partners of the said firm would be liable for the dam­ages jointly as well as severally and the decree fee the entire damages could be awarded against him. [Abdul Awal vs. Mofasiluddin Ahmed (1957) 27 DLR 628]