delict
- noun
- /dɪˈlɪkt/
- UK
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delito
- It should be noted that an employer may have also acted so as to make itself liable, in addition, for damages in quasi-delict if its actions at the time of the dismissal also amount to a quasi-delict independent of its abuse of contractual right.
- sexual delicts
Examples
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The court ruled that the theft was a serious delict that warranted severe penalties.
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All are sexual delicts, some far more serious than the one in question.
Academic text (1991) -
The need for a witness arises uniquely in this case among a series of sexual delicts because the woman's relation, in whose charge she is, is not a father or a brother, but a karlestes.
Academic text (1991) -
It should be noted that an employer may have also acted so as to make itself liable, in addition, for damages in quasi-delict if its actions at the time of the dismissal also amount to a quasi-delict independent of its abuse of contractual right.
Academic text (1990) -
Committing a delict can result in both criminal charges and civil liability.
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After evaluating the evidence, the judge concluded that the accused had engaged in a delict against public order.
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Etymology
Delict comes from Latin delictum and the verb delinquere, which meant 'to fail' or 'do wrong'. You can see the same root in delinquent, a person who breaks rules, so a delict is an act that breaks a rule or the law.