tortfeasor Law.
(ˈtɔːtˌfiːzə(r))
[a. OF. tortfesor, tort-faiseur, torfesor, f. tort wrong, evil + -fesor, faiseur doer. (In OF. tortfesor, tort is an adj. qualifying fesor; hence pl. torzfesors.)]
One who is guilty of a tort; a wrong-doer, trespasser.
| 1659 Croke Reports ii. (1669) 383 He is meerly a Tortfeasor, and that Trespass liable against him to recover damages. 1670 Blount Law Dict., Tortfeasor, a Doer of wrong, a Trespasser. Hence in later Law Dicts. 1883 Law Times Rep. XLIX. 11/2 Waiving the tort and bringing an action of indebitatus assumpsit for work and labour done against the tort feasor. 1886 Times 27 Jan. 4 The father and son were here being sued by the plaintiff as joint tortfeasors. |