Literary notes about tortious (AI summary)
The term "tortious" is frequently deployed to describe actions or proceedings that diverge from acceptable legal conduct, often sitting in a space that is neither fully criminal nor entirely civil. In one instance, it is used to qualify a proceeding that, while not criminal, fails to meet the standards of a civil action [1]. It also appears in descriptions of wrongful acts—such as the conversion of property in a legal dispute [2]—and is grouped with terms like injurious and inequitable, underscoring its association with conduct that inflicts harm or injustice [3]. The word further enriches legal discourse in scholarly critiques and analyses of wrongful acts, as seen in discussions of tortious conveyance and responsibility for tortious acts [4, 5, 6], while also being contrasted with legally acceptable actions in other contexts [7].
- The Cook's proceeding was undoubtedly tortious; it was not a criminal action, though it certainly cannot be called a civil one.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 23, 1892 by Various - These proceedings were without any license or authority from Murphy, who had purchased the cargo, and he then sued Dunham for tortious conversion.
— from The Law of the Sea A manual of the principles of admiralty law for students, mariners, and ship operators by George W. (George Walton) Dalzell - wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable[obs3]; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious, tortious[Law].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - 120 Wigmore, ‘Responsibility for Tortious Acts,’ in Harvard Law Review , vii.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck - Such institutions as tortious conveyance
— from An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound - Wigmore (J. H.), ‘Responsibility for Tortious Acts’; in Harvard Law Review , vol.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck - Neither was the entry tortious nor was the arrest which followed in any sense illegal.
— from The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and InterpretationAnnotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952
