See Also: tortious(dictionary)

tortious (iou)



tortious adjective. LME.
[Anglo-Norman torcious, from stem of torcion, tortion extortion, violence, from late Latin tortio(n-) torture: see -OUS.]
Wrongful, injurious; illegal. LME-M18.
Law. Of or pertaining to a tort; constituting a tort. M16.
tortiously adverb L18.