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noun
A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: civil law; Scots law; civil law; Scots law
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Synonyms: misdemeanor, tort, transgression, tortfeasance
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of misdeed, any wrongful act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: misdeed, any wrongful act
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The branch of law dealing in delicts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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”).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
