tortfeasance

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tortfeasance

/ˈtɔːtˌfiːzəns/ UK
/ˈtɔ(ə)ɹtˌfiːzəns/ US
/ˈtɔːɹt-/ US

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From Anglo-Norman tortfesance, from Old French tort (“a misdeed, a wrong”) + fesance (“act, action, deed”).

noun

uncountable The condition, or an act, of doing wrong; the act of committing a tort. The defendant's tort-feasance is now set forth with the damage, and the plaintiff says, that the defendant with an intention to injure him in the enjoyment of his commonable estate, during the time of his being so entitled to his common, wrongfully put and depastured several cattle on the waste ther
Similar: delict, misdemeanor, tort, transgression, crime, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdoing, offense, peccadillo

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@misc{tortfeasance_2026,
  title = {tortfeasance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tortfeasance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}