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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or pertaining to the nature of a tort;
- Example: "tortious acts"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tortious \Tor"tious\, a. [From Tort.]
   1. Injurious; wrongful. [Obs.] "Tortious power." --Spenser.
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   2. (Law) Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law
      gives damages; involing tort.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tortious
    adj 1: of or pertaining to the nature of a tort; "tortious acts"