Tortfeasance

Quick meaning: Tortfeasance is a noun meaning (chiefly law) The condition, or an act, of doing wrong; the act of committing a tort.

Meaning

(chiefly law) The condition, or an act, of doing wrong; the act of committing a tort.

Example Sentences

To procure another's tort will render the procurer jointly liable in tort. By the doctrine of joint tortfeasance, the procurement leads the law to 'impute' the commission of the same wrongful act to two or more persons at once.

The conspicuous absence of the use of the term "joint" tortfeasor can be taken to mean that the position of the Ontario Court of Appeal is that the tortfeasance that is sufficient to attract the operation of § 2(1) of the Act may be joint or concurrent (several) tortfeasance.

In the case of successful tort subrogation claims against the federal government, for example, the economic losses resulting from government tortfeasance are shifted from the industry to the government; hence, they are distributed presumably through taxation rather than spread equally among policyholders of a specific class.

Among the various matters of which, either from ancient authors or the testimony of grammarians, we know the Thesmothetæ to have had cognizance, are the following— […] Also a great variety of civil actions; as those for the recovery of land, houses, and mesne profits: actions for debt, deposit, breach of contract, abusive language, damage or tort-feasance: […]

Synonyms for tortfeasance

Depending on context, synonyms include delict, misdemeanor, tort, transgression, crime, error.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tort, misfeasance, fact, traitordom, delict, trespass.

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