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noun
actionable act, criminal act, felonious act, illegitimate act, improper act, incorrect act, nefarious act, punishable act, triable act, unlawful act, wrongful act
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
tortious act
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tortious — tor·tious / tȯr shəs/ adj: constituting a tort: recognized as a tort a tortious act tortious interference with contract tor·tious·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
act — 1 n 1 a: something done by a person in accordance with his or her free will a tortious act see also actus reus b: the failure to do something that one has a legal duty to do – called also negative act; 2 a … Law dictionary
tortious — /torshas/ Wrongful; of the nature of a tort. The word tortious is used throughout the Restatement, Second, Torts, to denote the fact that conduct whether of act or omission is of such a character as to subject the actor to liability, under the… … Black's law dictionary
Tortious interference — Tortious interference, in the common law of tort, occurs when a person intentionally damages the plaintiff s contractual or other business relationships. This tort is broadly divided into two categories, one specific to contractual relationships… … Wikipedia
tortious — Partaking of the nature of a tort; wrongful; injurious. Characterizing conduct, whether of act or omission which is of such character as to subject the actor to liability under the principles of the law of torts. Restatement, Torts, Vol 1 § 6.… … Ballentine's law dictionary
National Information Infrastructure Protection Act — The National Information Infrastructure Protection Act (Pub.L. 104 294, 110 Stat. 3488, enacted October 11, 1996; H.R. 3723) was Title II of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, as an amendment to the Computer Fraud and Abuse… … Wikipedia
wrongful act — I noun breach, breach of legal duty, civil wrong, contravention, delinquency, dereliction, dereliction of duty, guilty act, illegality, impropriety, injustice, malefaction, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdoing, misfeasance,… … Law dictionary
unlawful act — index burglary, miscarriage, offense, tortious act Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
criminal act — index misdemeanor, offense, overt act, tortious act Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
actionable act — index tortious act Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
