tortfeasor

or tort-fea·sor

[ tawrt-fee-zer, -zawr, -fee- ]

/ ˈtɔrtˈfi zər, -zɔr, -ˌfi- /

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noun Law.

a person who commits a tort.

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Origin of tortfeasor

1650–60; <Anglo-French tortfesor wrongdoer (French tortfaiseur). See tort, feasance, -or²

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How to use tortfeasor in a sentence

They also hired an attorney and filed a federal tort claim against Customs and Border Protection for personal injury.
A Shooting on a Tribal Land Uncovers Feds Running Wild|Caitlin Dickson|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most companies want expanded free-trade deals and tort reform.
Mystery Solved: Here’s Why Big Business Keeps Supporting Republicans Even as Republicans Destroy the Economy|Daniel Gross|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Maybe they'd have saved Medicare Advantage from cuts, gotten some sort of tort reform thrown in, or slightly changed the pay-fors.
How Could the GOP Have Improved Obamacare?|Megan McArdle|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.
Making Law School Less Terrible|Ilana Glazer|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Saladoff admits that she made the film to advance her anti-tort reform point of view.
Scalding Takedown on Tort Reform|Gerald L. Shargel|June 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
As it is an impersonal, artificial thing, a corporation cannot possibly commit a wrong or tort like a natural person.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
In many states an action in tort instead of trespass is the proper remedy.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The publication of the same slander by different persons is not a joint tort, it is a distinct wrong done by each slanderer.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
As the gist of the tort consists of the injury done to one's reputation, the defamatory statement must have been published.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Why, oh why, is the stealing of one kind of property a criminal offense, and another only a civil tort?
Inventors & Inventions|Henry Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for tortfeasor

tort-feasor

/ (ˈtɔːtˈfiːzə) /

noun

law a person guilty of tort

Word Origin for tort-feasor

C17: from Old French, literally: wrongdoer, from tort + faiseur, from faire to do

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