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tortfeasor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tortfeasor has 1 sense
- tortfeasor(n = noun.person) tort-feasor - a party who has committed a tort; Array is a kind of party
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tortfeasor, n. Law a person guilty of tort.
Etymology
OF tort-fesor, tort-faiseur, etc. f. tort wrong, -fesor, faiseur doer
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