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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.

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Tort Law.


tortfeasor 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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