Delict
//dɪˈlɪkt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
- 2 The branch of law dealing in delicts.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēlīctum (“fault”), neuter of dēlīctus, past participle of delinquo (“to fail; to be lacking”), from dē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).
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