tortfeasor
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Noun — (law) A person who commits a civil wrong against someone else.
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Etymology
Came into English from Anglo-Norman tortfeasor, which traces back to Old French tortfesor, tort-faiseur, torfesor, torzfesor (“wrongdoer”), itself made up of tort (“a misdeed, a wrong”) and fesor, faiseur (“doer”).
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