tortfeasance

A traffic accident near Lyon, France. Causing such an accident through negligence is a tortfeasance.

Meaning

Noun

The condition, or an act, of doing wrong; the act of committing a tort.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman tortfesance, from Old French tort ("a misdeed, a [[wrong#Noun") + fesance.

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