Answer:

TORT

Answer	Crossword Clue
TORT	Cause for a lawsuit
TORT	Civil wrong
TORT	Libel, for one

TORT	Libel, e.g.
TORT	Legal wrong
TORT	Civil-suit basis
TORT	Cause for legal action
TORT	Cause of civil action
TORT	Grounds for a suit
TORT	Grounds for a lawsuit
TORT	Assault or battery

TORT	Lawsuit basis
TORT	It may lead to a suit
TORT	Wrongful act
TORT	Civil suit cause
TORT	Source of a suit
TORT	Suit source
TORT	Actionable offense
TORT	Suit material?

TORT	Civil offense
TORT	Libel or fraud
TORT	Subject of proposed legal reform
TORT	Basis of a lawsuit
TORT	Libel, for instance
TORT	Civil injustice
TORT	Libel or assault, e.g.
TORT	Suit material, perhaps

TORT	Basis for a suit
TORT	Basis of some civil suits
TORT	Reason to sue
TORT	Basis for a lawsuit
TORT	Slander or trespass, e.g.
TORT	Lawsuit basis, often
TORT	Wrong tried in civil court
TORT	Slander, e.g.

TORT	Legal firm
TORT	Civil action vehicle
TORT	Legal misdeed
TORT	Suit basis
TORT	Battery, e.g.