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delicts

delicts is the plural of delict.

Meaning of delict

Noun

delict (plural delicts)

  1. (civil law, Scots law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
  2. (figuratively) Synonym of misdeed, any wrongful act.
    • Since Mr Ernest Bevin made his plea a generation ago for more coal to give weight to his foreign policy our economic decline has been such as to sap the foundations of our diplomacy. Conversely, I believe that, during the same period, much of our foreign policy has been such as to contribute to...1979 March 31, Nicholas Henderson, Britain's Decline: Its Causes and Consequences
    Synonyms:
    misdeed, any wrongful act
  3. The branch of law dealing in delicts.

Questions about delicts

What is delicts the plural of?
Delicts is the plural of delict.

Words near delicts in the dictionary

  1. deliciously
  2. deliciousness
  3. deliciousnesses
  4. deliciousss
  5. delict
  6. delicts
  7. delictual
  8. delictuous
  9. delid
  10. delidded
  11. delidding

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