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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An injury or wrong. from the mid-13th c.
  • negligent]], which causes an injury and can be remedied at civil law, usually through awarding damages. A delict. {{defdate|from the later 16th c.
  • (''plural'') The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.

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