Delinquere
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from de, and linquere, to leave.] To omit a duty; to neglect or fail to perform a required act. Calvin Lex. Jurid. Hence the English delinquent. To offend or transgress. Hence delictum, (q. v.)