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tortious

[ UK /tˈɔːʃəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
    tortious acts

How To Use tortious In A Sentence

  • The Statement of Claim does not identify what was done by any individual defendant to constitute tortious conduct.
  • There is no dispute that the action is prima facie tortious, because it involves the union in inducing at least some of its members to breach their contracts of employment.
  • It would be not okay if one did it either, your Honour, because that would be the tortfeasor, and those who went to assist, in a complicitous way, the tortfeasor in the tortious conduct, would also be liable.
  • CIVIX counterclaimed for false advertising, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage, and breach of contract/breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Archive 2009-02-01
  • On the face of it, the practice of contingency fees could very well be tortious, contrary to the torts of champerty and maintenance.
  • The administrative department of copyright under the State Council may investigate and punish a tortious act of national influence.
  • My own belief is that, in the present context, the common law is not antipathetic to concurrent liability, and that there is no sound basis for a rule which automatically restricts the claimant to either a tortious or a contractual remedy.
  • However, there is one head of tortious liability which is of particular relevance to administrative law.
  • As a general rule, however, there is no liability in tortious negligence for an omission, unless the defendant is under some pre-existing duty.
  • It will be seen that s.10 is solely concerned with tort, section 11 deals in a somewhat curious way with a mixture of tortious and contractual liability.
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