Definition of Delict. Meaning of Delict. Synonyms of Delict

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Definition of Delict

Delict
Delict De*lict", n. [L. 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. --Jeffrey.

Meaning of Delict from wikipedia

- Delict (from Latin dēlictum, past participle of dēlinquere ‘to be at fault, offend’) is a term in civil and mixed law jurisdictions whose exact meaning...
- The South African law of delict engages primarily with 'the cir****stances in which one person can claim compensation from another for harm that has been...
- Quasi-delict is a French legal term used in some civil law jurisdictions, encomp****ing the common law concept of negligence as the breach of a non-wilful...
- term delict in articles about jurisdictions which specifically use the term to refer to torts (e.g. Scots Law of Delict and South African law of delict)....
- Delict in Scots law is the area of law concerned with those civil wrongs which are actionable before the Scottish courts. The Scots use of the term 'delict'...
- further separates the law of obligations into contracts, delicts, quasi-contracts, and quasi-delicts. Nowadays, obligation, as applied under civilian law...
- media) and slander (oral speech). It is treated as a civil wrong (tort, delict), as a criminal offence, or both.[additional citation(s) needed] Defamation...
- obligation created as a result of a delict. While "delict" itself was never defined by Roman jurisprudents, delicts were generally composed of injurious...
- In legal usage in the English-speaking world, an act of God or ****um fatale ("loss arising from inevitable accident") is a natural hazard outside human...
- disputes between parties in areas such as contracts, property, torts, delicts and commercial law. This distinction is stronger in civil law countries...