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tortfeasor

Tortfeasor (noun) means a person who commits a tort.

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A person who commits a tort.
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Etymology

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

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"tortfeasor" (noun) means a person who commits a tort.

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