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Date:      Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:05:24 +0100
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
Subject:   Re: Mostly static binaries with crunchgen
Message-ID:  <8664pi4snf.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <200512201340.38031.jhb@freebsd.org> (John Baldwin's message of "Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:40:36 -0500")
References:  <20051220114121.GA58620@submonkey.net> <200512201029.28699.jhb@freebsd.org> <86acev4sgl.fsf@xps.des.no> <200512201340.38031.jhb@freebsd.org>

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John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> writes:
> On Tuesday 20 December 2005 11:57 am, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> > John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> writes:
> > > It comes from the root word 'tort' which is a legal word for
> > > 'sue' (basically).
> > Uh, no.  It's a legal word for "harm", "damage" or "injury".
> Ok, "reason for a civil suit" (it's been a few years).

To be precise, it's harm caused to someone which is neither a criminal
offence nor a breach of contract; stuff like letting your hedge grow
too high, blocking your neighbour's light and thereby reducing the
value of his property.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no




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