Delict [noun]
Definition of Delict:
crime
Synonyms of Delict:
● Malfeasance
● Immorality
● Infringement
● Infraction
● Dereliction
● Misdeed
● Wrongdoing
● Lawlessness
● Misconduct
● Atrocity
● Violation
● Misdemeanor
● Abomination
● Trespass
● Enormity
● Racket
● Offense
● Wickedness
● Caper
● Depravity
● Outrage
● Breach
● Scandal
● Corruption
● Hit
● Felony
● Sneak
● Evil
● Break
● Job
● Delinquency
● Case
● Vice
● Iniquity
● Fault
● Wrong
● Transgression
● Mortal sin
● Criminality
● Villainy
● Tort
● Antisocial behavior
● Delictum
● Evil behavior
● Fast one
● Malefaction
● Unlawful act
Opposite/Antonyms of Delict:
● Strength
● Purity
● Honor
● Good
● Kindness
● Right
● Benefit
● Blessing
● Virtue
● Morality
● Happiness
● Goodness
● Joy
● Delight
● Obedience
Sentence/Example of Delict:
This 210 difference no doubt arises from the tendency to extend the bounds of a delict and to limit the bounds of a crime.
The earlier laws appear to regard it as a delict which may be compounded for by payment.
Thus recovery of a sum of money by way of penalty for a delict is the historical starting point of liability.
The typical delict required dolus—intentional aggression upon the personality or the substance of another.
Modern law has given up both the nominate delicts and quasi-delict, as things of any significance.
Another point of Gregorian emphasis: no delict is remitted without punishment.
No delict is wiped out without penitence and punishment, in this life or afterwards—let it be in Purgatory and not in Hell!
The words contravention, crime, and delict were of no value.
The "natural" sources of liability were delict and contract.
I was told to believe, and I did believe, that doubt about any of them was a sin, not less reprehensible than a moral delict.