"delict" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈlɪkt/, /ˈdiːlɪkt/ Forms: delicts [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”), from dē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|delictum||fault}} Latin delictum (“fault”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} delict (plural delicts)
  1. (civil law, Scots law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. Categories (topical): Scots law Translations (law: wrongful act): нарушение на закона (narušenie na zakona) [neuter] (Bulgarian), delikti (Finnish), delik (Indonesian), пре́стап (préstap) [masculine] (Macedonian), прекршу́вање на за́конот (prekršúvanje na zákonot) [masculine] (Macedonian), пре́кршок (prékršok) [masculine] (Macedonian), delikt [masculine] (Polish), delikt [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-delict-en-noun-jO0Zr6~1 Disambiguation of 'law: wrongful act': 83 17
  2. (law) The branch of law dealing in delicts. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-delict-en-noun-0IOcYU8O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 24 76 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: delictual, quasi-delict Related terms: in flagrant delict, corpus delicti

Inflected forms

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