The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TORT , but the solution may also be INREM which is one of the most recent solution (1972 in New York Times).
Legal term crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TORT | 30 % | 4 |
| RES | 11 % | 3 |
| INRE | 11 % | 4 |
| INREM | 9 % | 5 |
| OYER | 7 % | 4 |
| ESTOP | 4 % | 5 |
| LIEN | 4 % | 4 |
| ACTA | 2 % | 4 |
| USEE | 2 % | 4 |
| PROBATE | 2 % | 7 |
| PLEA | 2 % | 4 |
| BRIEF | 2 % | 5 |
| DEED | 2 % | 4 |
| VENUE | 2 % | 5 |
| ABATOR | 2 % | 6 |
| ANDOR | 2 % | 5 |
| WHEREAS | 2 % | 7 |
| ADREM | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Legal term
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- statute
- code
- ordinance
- regulation
- statutory authority
- purview
- statutory law
- act
- enactment
- executive order
- statute law
- amendment
Crossword Answer definitions
TORT noun- An injury or wrong.
- A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
- (only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts).
- Tart; sharp.
- Stretched tight; taut.
- A tortoise.
- A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TORT
- Cause for a lawsuit
- Civil wrong
- Libel, for one
- Libel, e.g.
- Legal wrong
- Civil-suit basis
- Cause for legal action
- Cause of civil action
- Civil suit cause
- Grounds for a suit
More clues leading to the result RES
- A thing, in law
- Hi-__ (having fine detail)
- Lawyer's thing
- Legal thing
- Scale notes
- Action at law
- Court matter
- Hi-__
- Legal matter
- ___ judicata
More clues leading to the result INRE
- About
- As to
- Concerning
- Legal memo starter
- Regarding
- Apropos of
- Memo phrase
- With respect to
- With regard to
- Memo header
More clues leading to the result INREM
- Against a thing, in legalese
- Against a thing, in law
- Against, legally
- Against a thing, to 85-Across
- Directed against a piece of property, as a legal judgment
- Directed against a thing, legally
- Legal phrase
- Legal procedure
- Against a thing, to a judge
- Directed against a thing, to lawyers
More clues leading to the result OYER
- ___ and terminer
- __ and terminer
- Open-court hearing
- Open hearing, in law
- Legal hearing
- ___ and terminer (criminal court)
- Open court hearing
- Court hearing
- ____ and terminer
- Open court hearing, in law
More clues leading to the result ESTOP
- Bar, at the bar
- Bar, legally
- Prevent legally
- Prevent, in legalspeak
- Impede legally
- Legally bar
- Block legally
- Bar by writ
- Bar in court
- Finish, at the bar
More clues leading to the result LIEN
- Claim
- Claim on property
- Encumbrance
- Legal claim
- Property attachment
- Debt security
- Legal claim on Property
- Mortgage
- Property claim
- Type of debt security
More clues leading to the result ACTA
- Official records
- Court proceedings
- Exitus ___ probat (The end justifies the deed)
- ___ fool (clown around)
- Baseball analyst and former manager Manny
- Proceedings, in academic journal titles
- Court minutes
- Courthouse records
- Meeting minutes
- Official proceedings
More clues leading to the result USEE
- Beneficiary of a lawsuit
- Suit beneficiary
- Plaintiff
- Lawsuit beneficiary
- One for whose benefit a legal suit is brought
- Certain plaintiff, in law
- Beneficiary: Law.
- Consumer: Law.
- Beneficiary of action: Rare.
- One for whose service a thing is given.
More clues leading to the result PROBATE
- Estate court
- Will authentication
- Will administration process
- Court concerned with wills
- Will process
- Legal estate work
- Type of court
- Authentication of a will
- Proof of a will.
- Official proof.
More clues leading to the result PLEA
- Adjuration
- Beg
- Entreaty
- Kind of bargain
- Appeal
- Bargain ploy
- Court offering
- Nolo contendere, e.g.
- __ bargain
- "Not guilty" is one
More clues leading to the result BRIEF
- Concise
- Fleeting
- Short and sweet
- To the point
- Court filing
- Bring up-to-date
- Short-winded
- It may be filed
- Attorney's submission
- Judge's reading
More clues leading to the result DEED
- Landowner's document
- Maneuver
- Monopoly card
- Ownership document
- Scout's act
- Exploit
- Legal paper
- Paper for the house
- Title
- Real-estate document
More clues leading to the result VENUE
- Setting
- Gathering place
- Locale
- Where the action is
- Show's locale
- Trial location
- Scene
- Trial setting
- Locale of an event
- Legal jurisdiction
More clues leading to the result ABATOR
- One suspending an action, in law
- Nullifier, in law
- Nuisance remover.
- Voider of a nuisance: Law.
- Legal term.
- Nuisance remover, in law
- One who halts a nuisance
- Stopper of a nuisance
- Nuisance terminator: Law
- One who suspends an action, at law
More clues leading to the result ANDOR
- Choice words (with a slash)
- Conjoined conjunction
- Dual conjunction
- Two-part conjunction
- Conjunctive combo
- What / may divide
- Conjunction used in business contracts
- Conjunction of choice
- Words separated by a slash
- Words often separated by a slash
More clues leading to the result WHEREAS
- Proclamation word
- Legalese resolution word
- Word beginning a formal resolution.
- Legal term.
- Considering that
- Start of a legalese paragraph
- Guns & Roses lyric "___ a child I'd hide"
- Common word in proclamations
- While on the other hand
- On the other hand