Definition of Tortiously

1. adv. In a tortous manner.

Definition of Tortiously

1. Adverb. (legal) In a tortious manner. ¹

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Definition of Tortiously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortiously

torticollis spastica
torticollises
tortie
torties
tortile
tortility
tortilla
tortilla chip
tortilla chips
tortillas
tortillon
tortillons
tortion
tortious
tortious interference
tortiously (current term)
tortipelvic
tortipelvis
tortive
tortness
tortoise-shell
tortoise plant
tortoise shell
tortoise shells
tortoiselike
tortoises
tortoiseshell-cat

Literary usage of Tortiously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"(a) The principle above announced does not conflict with another well-recognized principle, applicable where personalty is tortiously converted into money, ..."

2. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"... from whom property has been stolen or tortiously taken, and it may be laid down as the established American doctrine that a purchaser in a public, ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"erty affixed to the freehold and making part thereof.1 But when a fixture constituting a part of the realty is tortiously severed value unlawfully detained. ..."

4. The Law Relating to the Sale of Goods and Commercial Agency by Robert Campbell (1881)
"... prematurely taking possession against the will of the carrier, and so tortiously against him, has been questioned. Mr. Blackburn, (p 259), after citing ..."

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