Basis for a civil suit
The crossword clue "Basis for a civil suit" is answered by TORT, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
TORT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TORT answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TORT
Every other clue in this collection answered by TORT, most used first.
- Legal wrong - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Civil wrong - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
- Wrongful act - used 81 times, most recently in 2025
- Suit material? - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Cause for a lawsuit - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Lawsuit basis - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Legal term. - used 14 times, most recently in 1972
- Civil suit cause - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Basis for a lawsuit - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Wrongful act, in law - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Wrong - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Libel, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Matter to go to court over - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Assault or battery - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Legal matter - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Libel or slander - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Battery, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Grounds for a suit - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Legal wrongdoing - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Civil wrong, in law - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Slander, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Suit material, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
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- Suit to ___ - ATEE, used 380 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
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