wrongful; of the nature of a tort. Formerly certain modes of conveyance (e. g., feoffments, fines, etc.) had tbd effect of passlng not merely the estate of the person maklng the conveyance, but the whole fee-simple, to the injury of the person really entitled to the fee; and they were hence call; ed “tortious conveyances.” Lltt. 5 611; Co, Litt. 271b, n.'1; 330b, n. 1. But this opera-tlon has been taken away. Sweet. •
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
