Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In law, by tort or injury; injuriously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Law) In a tortous manner.
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- adverb law In a
tortious manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In one case where the lord had depastured an excess of beasts, the court decided against him, and in favour of a commoner whom he accused of "tortiously" taking his cattle.
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The second case did not occur until 1961 in Adra v. Clift was an international child custody case in which a Lebanese national brought suit against his ex-wife and her husband, a U.S. citizen, for having used forged passports to bring the children into the United States, tortiously interfering with his custody of the children.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act v Alien Tort Statute? 2010
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Clift was an international child custody case in which a Lebanese national brought suit against his ex-wife and her husband, a U.S. citizen, for having used forged passports to bring the children into the United States, tortiously interfering with his custody of the children.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act v Alien Tort Statute? 2010
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In any other business if someone uses an unfair trade practice or tortiously interferes with another's business you can sue for damages.
Dave Hollander: Padres All-Star: Clean Players vs. Dirty Players Class Action Suit, Why Not? 2009
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As for the other person, no cite, but a different search turned up a reference (not sure if accurate) to a California case in which a bartender had no duty to call the police, but interfered with someone else calling the police, and was found (tortiously?) liable because there was no duty to rescue, but there was a duty not to impede someone else who chose to rescue.
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If the other parties are say illegally and tortiously stealing from and assaulting party that party might — quite justifiably — refuse to participate in community projects.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Problems with Libertarian Theories of Class Conflict: 2007
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Jeffrey Wigand, the tobacco-company whistleblower portrayed in the movie The Insider violated the confidentiality agreement he'd signed with his employer, and reporter Lowell Bergman arguably tortiously interfered with that contract by getting Wigand to talk.
Proposed Reporters' Shield Law Overdue but Underpowered 2007
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By contrast, some dealings are generally innocuous; say, selling gasoline, even to a driver who might later tortiously cause a collision.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Knowingly Helping People Commit Crimes or Torts: 2007
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If so, is Cuts therefore tortiously inducing breach?
Unkindest Cuts? Rebecca Tushnet 2006
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"Robert Fitznel brought the Replegiare against Richard, the son of John, saying that he had tortiously taken his beasts in the wood of the Abbat of Horwede, formerly the forest of King Henry, by whom it was given as a chace to N., ancestor of Richard."
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