Synonyms for delict

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-likt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlɪkt

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Définition of delict

Origin : 1520s, from Latin delictum "fault, offense, crime," neuter singular of past participle of delinquere (see delinquent). Phrase in flagrant delict translates Latin in flagrante delicto.

As in illegality : noun crime
As in immorality : noun crime
As in peccancy : noun crime
As in crime : noun offense against the law

Example sentences :

The words contravention, crime, and delict were of no value.
Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 » by Gustave Flaubert

The "natural" sources of liability were delict and contract.
Extract from : « An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law » by Roscoe Pound

We have written to our son touching our vassal's delict, and he must abide his doom, which will most likely be death.
Extract from : « The Abbot » by Sir Walter Scott

Another point of Gregorian emphasis: no delict is remitted without punishment.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

No delict is wiped out without penitence and punishment, in this life or afterwards—let it be in Purgatory and not in Hell!
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

This 210 difference no doubt arises from the tendency to extend the bounds of a delict and to limit the bounds of a crime.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 » by Various

The earlier laws appear to regard it as a delict which may be compounded for by payment.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 » by Various

Thus recovery of a sum of money by way of penalty for a delict is the historical starting point of liability.
Extract from : « An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law » by Roscoe Pound

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