Who has defined tort as 'tortious liability arises from the breach of duty primarily fixed by law; this duty is towards persons generally and its breach is redressible by an action for unliquidated damages'?
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Winfield's definition treats tort as breach of a duty fixed by law, owed to persons generally, remedied by unliquidated damages. This is the 'wider' theory contrasted with Salmond's 'narrower' pigeon-hole theory.