Ex delicto

'''Ex delicto''', Latin for "from a wrong" or "from a transgression", is a legal term that indicates a consequence of a tort, though the phrase can also refer to the consequence of a crime.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bauarschi |first1=Lorette |title=Survival Under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act |journal=Houston Law Review |date=1991 |volume=28 |page=591}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ex delicto |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/ex_delicto |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref> This is in contrast to '''''ex contractu''''', a consequence arising from or based on a contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex Contractu |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/legal/ex%20contractu |website=www.merriam-webster.com |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |language=en}}</ref>

==See also== *Misfeasance

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