different between infraction vs delict

English

Etymology

From Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?f?ak??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?f?æk??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

infraction (plural infractions)

1. (law) A minor offence, petty crime
2. a violation; breach
3. (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.

Related terms

• infringe
• infringement

Translations

See also

• infarction

Further reading

• infraction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• infraction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• infraction at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• infarction

French

Etymology

From Latin infractio

Pronunciation

Noun

infraction f (plural infractions)

1. offense (US), departure
2. infringement, infraction

Descendants

• ? Romanian: infrac?iune

Further reading

• “infraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”), from d?- + linqu? (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l?kt/, /?di?l?kt/

Noun

delict (plural delicts)

1. (civil law, Scottish law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. [from the early 16th c.]
2. (law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.

Derived terms

• delictual
• quasi-delict

Translations

See also

• delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scots Law#Delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• corpus delicti

Anagrams

• Deltic, deltic

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch delict, from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l?kt/, /de??l?kt/
• Hyphenation: de?lict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

delict n (plural delicten, diminutive delictje n)

1. crime, wrong

Synonyms

• misdrijf

Derived terms

• delictpleger
• plaats delict

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: delik

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delictum.

Noun

delict n (plural delicte)

1. crime

Declension

See also

• infrac?iune
• crim?