In law, a wrongful act or offense; a tort or misdemeanor (archaic or specialized legal term).
From Old French 'delit', derived from Latin 'delictum' (offense, wrongdoing), from 'delinquere' (to fail in duty, commit a fault); primarily used in historical legal contexts.
Medieval and early modern English courts used 'delit' to describe civil wrongs, but it was eventually replaced by 'tort'—showing how legal vocabulary evolves as systems modernize and simplify.
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