delict
Example Sentences
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Answer: "It means if they got a corpus, you're delict."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was easy to fit the two categories, delict and formal undertaking, which had come down from the strict law, into the new mode of thought.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
Forgive her, gracious gods, this one delict, And on the next fault punishment inflict.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Compensation in respect of injury or death is not paid if the accident was brought about through the culpable negligence or other delict of the insured.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
Thus recovery of a sum of money by way of penalty for a delict is the historical starting point of liability.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
