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tortious

Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːʃəs/

Definition of tortious

adjective

Law
  • constituting a tort; wrongful: this does not make the act tortious tortious liability

Derivatives

tortiously

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French torcious, from the stem of torcion 'extortion, violence', from late Latin tortio(n-) (see torsion). The original sense was 'injurious'

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