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Delict

//dɪˈlɪkt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
  2. 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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