Definition of DELICTUM in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DELICTUM
Lat. A delict, tort, wrong, injury, or offense. Actions ex delicto are such as are founded on a tort, as distinguished from actions on contract.
Culpability, blameworthiness, or legal delinquency. The word occurs in this sense in the maxim, "In pari delicto melior est conditio defendentis" (which see).
A challenge of a juror propter delictum is for some crime or misdemeanor that affects his credit and renders him infamous. 3 Bl.Comm. 363; 2 Kent, Comm. 241.
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