WRONG - An injury; a tort a violation
of right. In its most usual sense, wrong signifies
an injury committed to the person or property of another,
or to his relative rights, unconnected with contract;
and these wrongs are committed with or without force.
But in a more extended signification, wrong includes
the violation of a contract; a failure by a man to
perform his undertaking or promise is a wrong or injury
to him to whom it was made.
Wrongs are divided into public and private. 1. A
public wrong is an act which is injurious to the public
generally, commonly known by the name of crime, misdemeanor,
or offence, and it is punishable in various ways,
such as indictments, summary proceedings, and upon
conviction by death, imprisonment, fine, etc. 2. Private
wrongs, which are injuries to individuals, unaffecting
the public: these are redressed by actions for damages,
etc.
