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Tort law of Japan
The tort law of Japan, based on Articles 709 to 724 of the Civil Code, makes a person who negligently infringes another's rights compensate the damage.
Tort law of South Korea
The tort law of South Korea requires a person who willfully or negligently injures another to compensate the damages, governed by Articles 750 to 766 of the Korean Civil Act.
Tort Liability Law of the People's Republic of China
The Tort Liability Law of the People's Republic of China, or Tort Law, was the PRC's first comprehensive tort code, enacted in 2009 and effective 2010.
Torta
Torta: a Mexican sandwich on a bolillo or telera roll filled with meats, cheese, avocado, and chile; also Spanish for cake or pie, Italian for a round cake, and Portuguese for pie. Regional styles include cemitas, guacamayas, and tortas ahogadas.
Tortellini
Tortellini: small ring-shaped stuffed egg pasta from Bologna and Modena in Emilia-Romagna, filled with pork loin, mortadella, prosciutto, Parmigiano and nutmeg, served in broth; official recipe registered in Bologna in 1974, distinct from larger cappelletti.
Tortelosa Montes
Tortelosa Montes is a 294-km mountain range on Saturn's moon Iapetus, approved by the IAU in 2008 and named after a Spanish town ruled by Count Turgis in The Song of Roland; it sits on Iapetus's equatorial ridge.
Torticollis
Torticollis, or wry neck, is a condition in which neck muscles cause the head to tilt or rotate. Most common form is congenital muscular torticollis from sternocleidomastoid shortening, treated with early physical therapy, botulinum toxin, or surgery.
Tortilla
Tortilla: thin round flatbread of Mexican cuisine, corn (nixtamalized masa) or wheat flour; staple since after 300 BCE, base of tacos and burritos, now folic-acid fortified in California.
Tortilla chips
Tortilla chips: fried triangular snacks made from nixtamalized corn masa, popularized by Rebecca Webb Carranza in 1940s Los Angeles; base of nachos, a $2.5 billion U.S. retail category led by Frito-Lay.
Tortilla Flat
Tortilla Flat is a 1935 novel by John Steinbeck portraying paisano drifters in a hillside district above Monterey, California, after World War I, his first successful novel.
Tortious interference
Tortious interference, or intentional interference with contractual relations, is a common law tort covering wrongful interference with contracts or business expectancies, split by the 2020 Third Restatement into contract and economic-expectation torts with distinct elements.
Tortkuduk and Muyunkuduk Mines
The Tortkuduk and Muyunkum (Moinkum) mines are adjacent uranium operations in southern Kazakhstan worked by in-situ recovery and operated by KATCO, a Kazakh-French joint venture created in 1996.
Tortoise
Tortoise, terrestrial turtle of family Testudinidae (tortugas terrestres), with elephantine hind limbs and high-domed shell; 364 turtle/tortoise species, 53.8% Threatened, giant Galápagos and Aldabra forms to 305 kg and 150 years.
Tortoise heavy assault tank
The Tortoise heavy assault tank, or A39, was a British Second World War design for smashing through fortified defenses. The war ended before service, and only six prototypes were built.
Tortoise Sanctuary
Tortoise Sanctuary, the Prison Island Giant Tortoise Sanctuary on Changuu Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, keeps free-ranging Aldabra giant tortoises; namesake sanctuaries exist in Seychelles, Singapore, Bulgaria, and Senegal.
Tortoise TTS
Tortoise TTS is an open-source, multi-voice neural text-to-speech system created by James Betker and first published in 2022, known for realistic voice cloning but very slow generation.
Tortoiseshell cat
Tortoiseshell cat (tortie): a domestic cat coat pattern of mottled black and orange, not a breed. Almost always female due to X-linked ARHGAP36 orange gene and X-inactivation; calico adds white spotting.
Tortola
Tortola is the largest island of the British Virgin Islands, hosting the capital Road Town; about 84% of the population lives there. Volcanic, with Mount Sage over 500 m, colonized by the Dutch from the 1610s and by Britain from 1672.
Tortonian
The Tortonian is a geologic stage of the Miocene epoch, spanning roughly 11.63 to 7.246 million years ago and lying between the Serravallian and Messinian.
Tortricidae
Tortricidae, tortricid or leafroller moths, sole family of Tortricoidea with three subfamilies and about 9,000-10,000 described species; larvae roll, tie, or bore into plants, making many species major crop and forest pests.
Tortuga
Tortuga (Île de la Tortue) is a Haitian island off northwest Hispaniola, the chief 17th-century French buccaneer stronghold from 1630 to 1700, with Fort de la Roche and Fort Blondel, later absorbed into Saint-Domingue.
Tortula muralis
Tortula muralis (wall screw-moss, Mauer-Drehzahnmoos) is a small Pottiaceae moss forming hoary cushions on walls, mortar, and concrete, with twisted peristome teeth of 32 filaments, almost cosmopolitan distribution, and cryptic genetic lineages.
Torture
Torture: intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain by officials, absolutely prohibited under the 1984 Convention against Torture (176 parties), the Geneva Conventions, and the Istanbul Protocol documentation standard.
Torture during the Algerian War
Torture during the Algerian War refers to the systematic use of torture by the French army and police against Algerian nationalist suspects between 1954 and 1962.
Torture during the Gaza war
Torture during the Gaza war covers torture and ill-treatment of detainees since October 7, 2023: Palestinians in Israeli custody, including at Sde Teiman, and abuses by Hamas and Palestinian authorities.
Torture of slaves in the United States
Torture of slaves in the United States covers whipping, mutilation, branding, restraint devices, and sexual violence used in chattel slavery from colonial times to 1865; whipping was the most common punishment, with slave patrols and jailers legally enforcing it.
Toru Dutt
Toru Dutt (1856–1877), Bengali poet, translator, and novelist of Calcutta; wrote in English and French; works include A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876), Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882), and Le Journal de Mademoiselle d'Arvers.
Toru Funamura
Toru Funamura (船村徹), born Fukuda Hiroo in 1932, was a Japanese enka composer who wrote thousands of songs including 'Ōshō' and received the Order of Culture in 2016.
Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹)
Tōru Furuya (古谷徹) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He has voiced many leading heroes, including Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam since 1979.
Toru Goto
Toru Goto (後藤暢, born 26 June 1934, Fukuoka) is a Japanese swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic silver medallist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, fourth in the 100 m freestyle, and 1955 4x100 m freestyle relay world record holder (3:46.8).