feasor

  • 1feasor — see tort feasor …

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  • 2feasor — /fiyzar/ Doer; maker. Feasors del estatute, makers of the statute. Also used in the compound term, tort feasor, one who commits or is guilty of a tort …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3feasor — /fiyzar/ Doer; maker. Feasors del estatute, makers of the statute. Also used in the compound term, tort feasor, one who commits or is guilty of a tort …

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  • 4feasor — One who performs or commits …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 5Tort feasor — Tort Tort, n. [F., from LL. tortum, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, p. p. of torqure to twist, bend. See {Torture}.] 1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That had them long opprest with tort. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) Any… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6tort-feasor — [tôrt′fē′zər] n. 〚Fr tortfaiseur < MFr < tort, TORT + faiseur, one who does < fais , stem of faire, to do < L facere: see DO1〛 Law a person who commits or is guilty of a tort * * …

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  • 7tort-feasor — [tôrt′fē′zər] n. [Fr tortfaiseur &LT; MFr &LT; tort, TORT + faiseur, one who does &LT; fais , stem of faire, to do &LT; L facere: see DO1] Law a person who commits or is guilty of a tort …

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  • 8tort-feasor — A wrong doer; an individual or business that commits or is guilty of a tort. See also joint tort feasors …

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  • 9tort-feasor — noun a party who has committed a tort • Syn: ↑tortfeasor • Hypernyms: ↑party * * * ˈ ̷ ̷|fēzər, ˌzȯ(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: French tortfaiseur, from Middle French, from …

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  • 10NUISANCE — The owner or person in possession of land is not at liberty to use it as he pleases. Land, even if unencumbered, may not be used in such manner as to harm or disturb one s neighbors. Any neighbor can require the offending landowner to abate the&#8230; …

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