Associations to the word «Tortious»

Wiktionary

TORTIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Wrongful; harmful.
TORTIOUS, adjective. (legal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of torts.
TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE, noun. (legal) (torts) intentional damage of a person's contractual or other business relationships.

Dictionary definition

TORTIOUS, adjective. Of or pertaining to the nature of a tort; "tortious acts".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats