Quasi Delict
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Civil law. An act whereby a person, without malice, but by fault, negligence, or imprudence not legally excusable, causes injury to another. A qu Msi delict may be public or private. The neglect of the affairs of a community, when it is our duty to attend to them, may be a crime; the neglect of a private matter, under similar circumstances, may be the ground of a civil action. Bowyer, Mod. Civ. Law, c. 43, p. 265.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. An act whereby a person, without malice, but by fault, negligence, or imprudence not legally excusable, causes injury to another. A (/was Hleliot may be public or private; the neglect of the affairs of a community, when It is our duty to attend to them, may be a crime; the neglect of a private matter, under similar circumstances, may be the ground of a civil action, Bowyer, Mod. Civ Law, c. 43, p. 265.