delict
Example Sentences
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Answer: "It means if they got a corpus, you're delict."
From Time Magazine Archive
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)
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
He had been prepared for sullen black looks and fierce words, instead of which he was irresistibly reminded of schoolboys caught by their master using a crib, or in other like flagrant delict.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
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
