Actio Ex Delicto
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In the civil and common law. An action of tort; an action arising out of fault, misconduct or malfeasance.
Inst 4, 6, 15; 3 Bl. Comm. 117.
Ex maleficio is the more common expression of the civil law; which is adopted by Bracton.
Inst. 4, 6, 1; Bract, fols. 102, 103.