Meanings of delict in English

So what the hell does suing in delict even mean?

Having treated in the preceding Book of contractual and quasicontractual obligations, it remains to inquire into obligations arising from delict.

If the victim does choose the delict option, though, Haslam warns that the element of fault will then have to be established.

18 Actions arising from delict are sometimes purely penal, sometimes are partly penal and partly reparative, and consequently mixed.