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Tortfeasor

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

tortfeasor


[Anglo-French tortfesor wrongdoer, from tort wrong + fesor faisour doer, maker, from Old French, from fais-, stem of faire to do, make, from Latin facere]
: a person who commits a tort, delict, or quasi-offense




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