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The word tort derives from the French word tort, meaning "wrong." DuPlessis and O’Byrne define a tort as “any harm or injury caused by one person to another—other than through breach of contract—and for which the law provides a remedy.” McInnes et al. define a tort as “a failure to fulfil a private obligation that was imposed by law.” Smyth et al. conclude that “there is no entirely satisfactory definition of “tort” but defines it as a wrongful act done to the person or property of another.” Willes and Willes also emphasize that the area of tort law is “so broad that to determine its limits with any degree of precision would be an impossible task” but that tort law has characterized a tort as a “wrong committed against another, or against the person’s property or characters, whichever intentionally or unintentionally.”