Tortious
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Unlawful.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Wrongful; of the nature of a tort. Formerly cortain modes of conveyance (e. g., feoffments, fines, etc.) had the effect of passing not merely the estate of the person making the conveyance, but the whole fee-simple, to the injury of the person really entitled to the fee; and they were henco called "tortious conveyances." Litt § 611; Ch Litt. 271b, n. 1; 330b, n. 1. But this operation has been taken away. Sweet.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Wrongful; having the quality of a tort