A harmful act that is committed in an intentional and conscious way. For example, if your neighbour builds an ugly new fence and you intentionally run it down with your truck, that’s a wilful tort. But accidentally backing into the fence as you pull out of your driveway is not wilful, though it’s still a tort.
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