Delict is a legal term used in civil law and mixed law jurisdictions for wrongful conduct that gives rise to civil liability, and its precise meaning varies by jurisdiction. In Scots law and Roman-Dutch law, delict functions much like the common law tort, an intentional or negligent breach of a duty of care that causes loss and creates liability based on the wrongdoer's fault. The term is also used, with differing scope, in Spanish, Italian, German, and French legal traditions and in jurisdictions influenced by them, such as Louisiana and the Philippines, while common law systems generally use the word tort instead; in Catholic canon law, a delict is the ecclesiastical equivalent of a crime. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core PrincipleA civil or mixed law term for wrongful conduct, with its exact scope varying by jurisdiction 2 Classification
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1. Wikipedia: Delict
a term in civil and mixed law jurisdictions whose exact meaning varies, but is always centered on the notion of wrongful conductView the Source 2. Delict (Wikipedia)
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Delict (from Latin dēlictum, past participle of dēlinquere 'to be at fault, offend') is a term in civil and mixed law jurisdictions whose exact meaning varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but is always centered on the notion of wrongful conduct.
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