Private Wrongs
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A private wrong, otherwise termed a "tort" or "civil injury," is an infringement or privation of the civil rights which belong to individuals, considered merely as individuals. 4 Bl. Comm. 5. See "Public Wrongs."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The violation of public or private rights, when considered in reference, to the injury sustained by the individual, and consequently as subjecte for civil redress or compensatcm. 3 Steph. Comm. 356; Huntington v. Attrill, 146 U. S. 657, 13 Sun. Ct. 224, 36 L. Ed. 1123 ; Tomlin v. Hildreth, 65 N. J. Law, 438, 47 Atl. 649.
Defined under Wrong in Black's Law Dictionary.