delict
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
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Noun[edit]
delict (plural delicts)
- (civil law, Scots law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. [from the early 16th c.]
- (law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.
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Translations[edit]
law: wrongful act
See also[edit]
- delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Scots Law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- corpus delicti
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch delict, from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”).
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Noun[edit]
delict n (plural delicten, diminutive delictje n)
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Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: delik
Romanian[edit]
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Audio: (file)
Noun[edit]
delict n (plural delicte)
Declension[edit]
Declension of delict
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) delict | delictul | (niște) delicte | delictele |
genitive/dative | (unui) delict | delictului | (unor) delicte | delictelor |
vocative | delictule | delictelor |
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