"tortious" meaning in Anglais

See tortious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈtɔːʃəs\, \ˈtɔɹʃəs\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tortious.wav
  1. Fautif, préjudiciable, dommageable, qui cause du tort. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: fr-tortious-en-adj-iF~WKHiR Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Termes désuets en anglais
  2. Délictuel, délictueux (spécifiquement dans le contexte du concept de tort, dans le système de common law). → Voir Responsabilité délictuelle en common law sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Sens 1): harmful, wrongful Derived forms: tortiously, tortiousness, tortious interference, tortious liability, tortious harm, tortious negligence Related terms: tort, quasi-tort, tort law, torture, torsion
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