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delict /dɪˈlɪkt / /ˈdiːlɪkt /noun LawA violation of the law; a tort: an international delict [mass noun]: claims in tort or delict...- The general rule is that the applicable law is the law of the country in which the events constituting the tort or delict in question occur.
- The court held that for the purposes of the Brussels Convention, now the Brussels Regulation, this was a claim in tort, delict, or quasi-delict.
- The appellant in the present instance asks that her case be approached as a case of delict [i.e. tort], not as a case of breach of contract.
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin delictum 'something showing fault', neuter past participle of delinquere (see delinquent). Rhymesaddict, afflict, conflict, constrict, contradict, convict, depict, evict, hand-picked, inflict, interdict, Pict, predict, reconvict, strict |