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Tortfeasor |
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A wrongdoer; an individual who commits a wrongful act that injures another and for which the law provides a legal right to seek relief; a defendant in a civil tort action. Cross-referencestortfeasor n. a person who commits a tort (civil wrong), either intentionally or through negligence. (See: tort) TORTFEASOR. A wrong-doer, one who does wrong; one who commits a trespass or is guilty of a tort. |
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Her analysis of credit in the literary genre and detailed and original treatment of the evolution of imprisonment for debt, small claims litigation, and domestic credit contracts that culminated in the Married Women and Tortfeasors Act of 1935 deserves special praise. Spinning off Nabisco would not constitute a fraudulent conveyance because (1) Holdings is not liable as tobacco tortfeasor for tobacco-related claims; (2) there is no basis to pierce the corporate veil between Reynolds and Holdings; and (3) Reynolds was not insolvent in the past when it upstreamed capital. |
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