tortfeasor

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tortfeasor

/ˈtɔːtˌfiːzə/ UK
/ˈtɔɹtˌfiːzɚ/ US

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From Anglo-Norman tortfeasor, from Old French tortfesor, tort-faiseur, torfesor, torzfesor (“wrongdoer”), from tort (“a misdeed, a wrong”) + fesor, faiseur (“doer”).

noun tortfeasors

A person who commits a tort. […] there is an exception “in the cases of heir and executor, who may plead a release to the ancestor or testator whom they respectively represent; so also with respect to several tortfeasors, for in all these cases there is a privity between the parties which constitutes an identity of person”.

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noun person who commits a tort

Español	agraviador, agresor, injuriador
Deutsch	Schädiger, Täter

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@misc{tortfeasor_2026,
  title = {tortfeasor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tortfeasor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}