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What does tortious mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tortious? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Wrongful; harmful.
  2. (law) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of torts.
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Those options are now limited with Baylor and others poised to sue for tortious interference.
As a tortious action, damages claims in many Member States require fault to be proven.
As we have seen, the tortious liability of trade unions is negated by providing wide immunities.
It is not the act but the consequences on which tortious liability is founded.
However, there is one head of tortious liability which is of particular relevance to administrative law.
The Statement of Claim does not identify what was done by any individual defendant to constitute tortious conduct.

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