'Executor de son tort' definitions:
Definition of 'Executor de son tort'
From: GCIDE
- 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 civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury. [1913 Webster]
- Executor de son tort. See under Executor.
- Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Executor de son tort'
From: GCIDE
- Executor \Ex*ec"u*tor\, n. [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. ex['e]cuteur. Cf. Executer.]
- 1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An executioner. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Delivering o'er to executors paw? The lazy, yawning drone. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease. [1913 Webster]
- Executor de son tort [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person. [1913 Webster]