A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
The branch of law dealing in delicts.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈlɪkt/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”), from dē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).