Perpetrator
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Generally, this term denotes the person who actually commits a crime or delict or by whose immediate agency it occurs. But, where a servant of a railroad company is killed through the negligence of a co-employe, the company itself may be regarded as the "perpetrator" of the act, within the meaning of a statute giving an action against the perpetrator. Philo v. Illinois Cent R. Co., 33 Iowa, 47.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Accomplice. May include an artificial person, as, a, railroad company."
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A statute making the perpetrator of an act resulting in death liable for the injury may be applied to a railroad company. Philo v. Illinois Central Kailroad Co., 33 Iowa, 47.