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Delict (from Latin dēlictum, past participle of dēlinquere ‘to be at fault, offend’) is a term in civil law jurisdictions for a civil wrong consisting of an intentional or negligent breach of duty of care that inflicts loss or harm and which triggers legal liability for the wrongdoer; however, its meaning varies from one jurisdiction to anot...
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[Scots law] Delict in Scots Law is, amongst other things, the responsibility to make reparation caused by breach of a duty of care or, arguably, the duty to refrain from committing such breaches. The equivalent in English law and other common law jurisdictions is known as tort law. ==Overview== Delict is borrowed from Latin delictum and, as...
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• (n.) An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.
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in Roman law, an obligation to pay a penalty because a wrong had been committed. Not until the 2nd and 3rd centuries were public crimes separated ... [2 related articles]
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De·lict' noun [ Latin
delictum fault.]
(Law) An offense or transgression against law;
(Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor. « Every regulation of the civil code necessarily implies a
delict in the event of its violation.»
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The act by which one person, by fraud or malignity, causes some damage or tort to some other. In its most enlarged sense, it includes all kinds of crimes and misdemeanors; even the injury caused by another, either voluntarily or accidentally without evil intention. However, delicts are more commonly understood as small offences which are punished b...
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a crime in canon law, an external violation of a law or precept gravely imputable by reason of malice or negligence.
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delict 1. In civil and criminal law, a wrong or injury done to someone. 2. A legal offense; a misdemeanor. 3. An offense or transgression against the law.
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a misdemeanor; offense. · a civil wrong permitting compensation.
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