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Webster 1913 Edition

Tortious

Tor′tious

,

Adj.

[From

.]

1.

Injurious; wrongful.

[Obs.]

“Tortious power.”

Spenser.

2.

(Law)

Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tortious

TOR'TIOUS

,

Adj.

[from tort.] Injurious; done by wrong.

1.

In law, implying tort, or injury for which the law gives damages.