tortfeasor
pronunciation
How to pronounce tortfeasor in British English:
UK ['tɔ:t'fi:zə(r)]
How to pronounce tortfeasor in American English:
US ['tɔt'fizə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a party who has committed a tort
Word Origin
- tortfeasor (n.)
- 1650s, from Old French tortfesor, from tort "wrong, evil" (see tort) + -fesor "doer," from Latin facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
Example
- 1. If the injured person is an entity , and such entity is divided or merged , the entity that succeeds to its rights shall have the right to demand that the tortfeasor bear tort liability .
- 2. In order to meet the " unconquerable and unavoidable " requirements the tortfeasor should take proper measures both beforehand and afterwards .
- 3. Liability can be excluded or reduced to such extent as is considered just having regard to the victim 's contributory fault and to any other matters which would be relevant to establish or reduce liability of the victim if he were the tortfeasor .
- 4. When an injured person dies , the person who paid the injured person 's reasonable expenses , such as medical expenses and funeral expenses shall have the right to demand that the tortfeasor indemnify such expenses , unless the tortfeasor has already paid such expenses .
- 5. In case the time for stopping the infringement adjudicated according to the preceding paragraph is clearly improper , the tortfeasor may be ordered to stop the use of this business secret within a certain term or scope under the circumstance that the competitive advantage of the obligee to this business secret is protected .