delict
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”)
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dī-līkt'; di-'likt, dE-
[edit] 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.
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Delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- Scots Law#Delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Scots Law#Delict
- corpus delicti
[edit] Dutch
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delict n. (plural delicten, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
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delict n.
[edit] See also
- infracțiune f.
