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Definition of Tortfeasor
1. Noun. A party who has committed a tort.
Definition of Tortfeasor
1. Noun. (legal) A person who commits a tort. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortfeasor
Literary usage of Tortfeasor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"It ie generally held that the amount paid by a joint tortfeasor for a release is
to be deducted from the total amount of the damages recovered by the ..."
2. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"The real reason for the rule that each joint tortfeasor is responsible for ...
Release of One tortfeasor. A release of one tortfeasor is [not] a bar to an ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"... which liability is predicated, becomes primarily liable with him as a joint
tortfeasor.* Where the Surety la Indemnified. — It has been held that where ..."
4. Principles of the Law of Torts by Francis Taylor Piggott (1885)
"Where the tortfeasor marries. The effect of marriage on the torts of a woman
committed Married lief ore her marriage is dealt with by the Married Woman's ..."
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