Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tortious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tortious \Tor"tious\, a. [From {Tort}.]
1. Injurious; wrongful. [Obs.] ``Tortious power.'' --Spenser.
2. (Law) Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law
gives damages; involing tort.
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