ˈtortiously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2: cf. AF. torciousement (Godef.).]
Wrongfully, illegally; by tort.
| a 1812 Ld. Thurlow in G. D. Collinson Idiots & Lunaticks (1812) I. 577 (Jod.) An application, where timber was cut by a stranger tortiously, to have the produce restored to the estate. 1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 461 If a purchaser is tortiously evicted..he has his remedy at law. 1882 Times 22 Feb. 9/5 Not because the House had tortiously debarred Mr. Bradlaugh from taking his seat, but because Mr. Bradlaugh was disqualified by law from so doing. |