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tortious
tortious : constituting a tort : recognized as a tort [a
Tortious
Tortious, anything done by wrong; an act involving a forfeiture of
Trade Union
other members of the trade union in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been committed by or on behalf
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Sufferance, Tenancy at
lands, by which he declares the continuance of the tenant tortious and wrongful, or demands possession, or brings his action of
Particular tenants, Alienation by
having been abolished and a feoffment having no longer a tortious operation (English) (Real Property Act, 1845, s. 4), a tenant,
Lunatic
Walker, (1905) 1 Ch 160. As to their liability for tortious acts, see Clerk and Lindsell, 7th Edn. P. 45.As to
Innocent conveyances
excess. But a feoffment of such larger estate was a tortious conveyance, and therefore, under such circumstances, would have been void
Feoffment
A feoffment was a conveyance which might have had a tortious effect, and if a person attempted to convey by it
Exemplary damages
damages, damages on an unsparing scale, given in respect of tortious acts, committed through malice or other circumstances of aggravation. In
Duress
the imprisonment or the duress consequent upon it must be tortious and unlawful. By the Common Law, a contract made during
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