delict

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/dɪˈlɪkt/
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/dɪˈlɪkt/ · /ˈdiːlɪkt/

Definition of delict

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
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noun

  1. A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
  2. The branch of law dealing in delicts.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlīctum (“fault”), neuter of dēlīctus, past participle of delinquo (“to fail; to be lacking”), from dē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).

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