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delict

/ˈdɛlɪkt/

Translations

delictnoun

delicts

/ˈdɛlɪkt/

The company was sued for a delict committed by its employee.

Компания была привлечена к суду за деликт, совершенный ее сотрудником.

Synonyms

delictnoun

A wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil legal liability.

The company was sued for a delict after their product caused harm to consumers.

In Scots and civil law, a wrongful act that gives rise to liability, broadly equivalent to tort in common-law jurisdictions.

In Scotland a delict can lead to an award of damages for the injured party.

An offense or transgression; a misdeed (archaic).

The monk confessed his delict before the abbot.