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tort-feasor definition

tort·-feasor (tôrt′fē′zər)

noun

Law a person who commits or is guilty of a tort

Etymology: Fr tortfaiseur < MFr < tort, tort + faiseur, one who does < fais-, stem of faire, to do < L facere: see do

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