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Delict
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DelictCivil law. The act by which one person, by fraud or malignity, causes some damage or tort to some other. In its most enlarged sense, this term includes all kinds of crimes and misdemeanors, and even the injury which has been caused by another, either voluntarily or accidentally without evil intention; but more commonly by delicts are understood those small offences which are punislied by a small fine or a short imprisonment.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Fraud
Contracts, torts. Any trick or artifice employed by one person to induce another to fall into an error, or to detain him in it, so that he may make an agreement contrary to his interest. The fraud may consist either, first, in the misrepresentation, or, secondly, in the concealment of a material fact. Fraud, force and vexation, are odious in law.
Damage
Torts. The loss caused by one person to another, or to his property, either with the design of injuring him, with negligence and carelessness, or by inevitable accident.
Tort
An injury; a wrong; hence the expression an executor de son tort, of his own wrong.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Intention
A design, resolve, or determination of the mind.
Fine
"1) A sum of money, which, by judgment of a competent jurisdiction, is required to be paid for the punishment of an offence. 2) The amount paid by the tenant, on his entrance, to the lord. 3) A special kind of conveyance.
Imprisonment
1) The restraint of a person contrary to his will. Imprisonment is either lawful or unlawful; lawful imprisonment is used either for crimes or for the appearance of a party in a civil suit, or on arrest in execution. 2) Imprisonment for crimes is either for the appearance of a person accused, as when he cannot give bail; or it is the effect of a sentence, and then it is a part of the punishnient. 3) Imprisonment in civil cases takes place when a defendant on being sued on bailable process refuses or cannot give the bail legally demanded, or is under a capias ad satisfaciendum, when he is taken in execution under a judgment.
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Deliberation
1) Contracts, crimes. The act of the understanding, by which the party examines whether a thing proposed ought to be done or not to be done, or whether it ought to be done in one manner or another. 2) Legislation. The council which is held touching some business, in an assembly having the power to act in relation to it.
Delictum
Latin. From de-linquere, to leave a person or thing; then, to be wanting in a matter, fail in duty, offend, transgress. Compare Malus or Malum. A wrong, whether private or public: an offense, a civil injury or tort, a crime; also, simply a failing or fault, blame, guilt, culpability. 3 Bl. Com. 363; 1 Kent 552, 2 id. 211.
Delinquency
The commission of an illegal act by a juvenile.
Delinquent
Civil law. He who has been guilty of some crime, offence or failure of duty.
Deliverables
Pay structure similar to milestones, usually based on completion of some portion of the job.
Deliverance
Practice. A term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner who is arraigned and pleads not guilty to whom he wishes a good deliverance.
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Delegate
A person elected by the people of a territory of the United States, to congress, who has a seat in congress, and a right of debating, but not of voting.
Delegation
Legislation. It signifies the whole number of the persons who represent a district, a state, and the like, in a deliberative assembly.
Delegatus
Latin. A person chosen or commissioned: a deputy, agent, representative, trustee.
Delegatus non potest delegare
One of the pivotal principles of administrative law: that a delegate cannot delegate. In other words, a person to whom an authority or decision-making power has been delegated to from a higher source, canot, in turn, delegate again to another, unless the original delegation explicitly authorized it.
Deliberation
1) Contracts, crimes. The act of the understanding, by which the party examines whether a thing proposed ought to be done or not to be done, or whether it ought to be done in one manner or another. 2) Legislation. The council which is held touching some business, in an assembly having the power to act in relation to it.
Delict
Delictum
Latin. From de-linquere, to leave a person or thing; then, to be wanting in a matter, fail in duty, offend, transgress. Compare Malus or Malum. A wrong, whether private or public: an offense, a civil injury or tort, a crime; also, simply a failing or fault, blame, guilt, culpability. 3 Bl. Com. 363; 1 Kent 552, 2 id. 211.
Delinquency
The commission of an illegal act by a juvenile.
Delinquent
Civil law. He who has been guilty of some crime, offence or failure of duty.
Deliverables
Pay structure similar to milestones, usually based on completion of some portion of the job.
Deliverance
Practice. A term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner who is arraigned and pleads not guilty to whom he wishes a good deliverance.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Fraud
Contracts, torts. Any trick or artifice employed by one person to induce another to fall into an error, or to detain him in it, so that he may make an agreement contrary to his interest. The fraud may consist either, first, in the misrepresentation, or, secondly, in the concealment of a material fact. Fraud, force and vexation, are odious in law.
Damage
Torts. The loss caused by one person to another, or to his property, either with the design of injuring him, with negligence and carelessness, or by inevitable accident.
Tort
An injury; a wrong; hence the expression an executor de son tort, of his own wrong.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Intention
A design, resolve, or determination of the mind.
Fine
"1) A sum of money, which, by judgment of a competent jurisdiction, is required to be paid for the punishment of an offence. 2) The amount paid by the tenant, on his entrance, to the lord. 3) A special kind of conveyance.
Imprisonment
1) The restraint of a person contrary to his will. Imprisonment is either lawful or unlawful; lawful imprisonment is used either for crimes or for the appearance of a party in a civil suit, or on arrest in execution. 2) Imprisonment for crimes is either for the appearance of a person accused, as when he cannot give bail; or it is the effect of a sentence, and then it is a part of the punishnient. 3) Imprisonment in civil cases takes place when a defendant on being sued on bailable process refuses or cannot give the bail legally demanded, or is under a capias ad satisfaciendum, when he is taken in execution under a judgment.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Deliberation
1) Contracts, crimes. The act of the understanding, by which the party examines whether a thing proposed ought to be done or not to be done, or whether it ought to be done in one manner or another. 2) Legislation. The council which is held touching some business, in an assembly having the power to act in relation to it.
Delictum
Latin. From de-linquere, to leave a person or thing; then, to be wanting in a matter, fail in duty, offend, transgress. Compare Malus or Malum. A wrong, whether private or public: an offense, a civil injury or tort, a crime; also, simply a failing or fault, blame, guilt, culpability. 3 Bl. Com. 363; 1 Kent 552, 2 id. 211.
Delinquency
The commission of an illegal act by a juvenile.
Delinquent
Civil law. He who has been guilty of some crime, offence or failure of duty.
Deliverables
Pay structure similar to milestones, usually based on completion of some portion of the job.
Deliverance
Practice. A term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner who is arraigned and pleads not guilty to whom he wishes a good deliverance.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Delegate
A person elected by the people of a territory of the United States, to congress, who has a seat in congress, and a right of debating, but not of voting.
Delegation
Legislation. It signifies the whole number of the persons who represent a district, a state, and the like, in a deliberative assembly.
Delegatus
Latin. A person chosen or commissioned: a deputy, agent, representative, trustee.
Delegatus non potest delegare
One of the pivotal principles of administrative law: that a delegate cannot delegate. In other words, a person to whom an authority or decision-making power has been delegated to from a higher source, canot, in turn, delegate again to another, unless the original delegation explicitly authorized it.
Deliberation
1) Contracts, crimes. The act of the understanding, by which the party examines whether a thing proposed ought to be done or not to be done, or whether it ought to be done in one manner or another. 2) Legislation. The council which is held touching some business, in an assembly having the power to act in relation to it.
Delict
Delictum
Latin. From de-linquere, to leave a person or thing; then, to be wanting in a matter, fail in duty, offend, transgress. Compare Malus or Malum. A wrong, whether private or public: an offense, a civil injury or tort, a crime; also, simply a failing or fault, blame, guilt, culpability. 3 Bl. Com. 363; 1 Kent 552, 2 id. 211.
Delinquency
The commission of an illegal act by a juvenile.
Delinquent
Civil law. He who has been guilty of some crime, offence or failure of duty.
Deliverables
Pay structure similar to milestones, usually based on completion of some portion of the job.
Deliverance
Practice. A term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner who is arraigned and pleads not guilty to whom he wishes a good deliverance.
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