a. Obs. rare–1. [ad. med.L. tortiōnāri-us unjust, injurious (1394 in Du Cange), F. tortionnaire, f. L. tortiōn-em ‘torment, torture,’ in med.L. ‘exercise of violence’: see -ARY.] Wrongful, illegal.
1694. Falle, Jersey, vii. 215. A Prize made by one Pointy,… was … pronounced Tortionary, and Illegal, and Pointy adjudged to make Restitution.
