delict
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪkt/, /ˈdiːlɪkt/
Noun
delict (plural delicts)
- (civil law, Scottish law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. [from the early 16th c.]
- (law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.
Derived terms
- delictual
- quasi-delict
See also
delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Scots Law#Delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - corpus delicti
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəˈlɪkt/, /deːˈlɪkt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: de‧lict
- Rhymes: -ɪkt
Synonyms
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