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51Defences in copyright law in Canada — Canadian Copyright Act provides a monopoly right to the owners of the copyrighted work. This implies that any person without the authorization or consent from the copyrighted owner cannot use his work. But some provisions in the Act, defends the… …
52delict — de·lict /di likt/ n [Latin delictum misdeed, offense, from neuter past participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 in the civil law of Louisiana: offense (2); esp: an offense other than breach of contract that creates an obligation… …
53fault — n [Anglo French faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1: a usu. intentional act forbidden by law; also: a usu. intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law see also negligence …
54delinquency — de·lin·quen·cy /di liŋ kwən sē/ n pl cies 1 a: the quality or state of being delinquent b: juvenile delinquency contributing to the delinquency of a minor …
55misconduct — mis·con·duct /mis kän dəkt/ n: intentional or wanton wrongful but usu. not criminal behavior: as a: deliberate or wanton violation of standards of conduct by a government official b: wrongful behavior (as adultery) by a spouse that leads to the… …
56illegality — il·le·gal·i·ty /ˌi li ga lə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being illegal 2: an illegal action Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
57misdoing — I noun badness, blunder, bungle, crime, cruel act, culpability, delinquency, deviation from rectitude, dishonesty, disorderly conduct, dutilessness, error, evildoing, fault, foul play, guilty act, illegality, immorality, improbity, impropriety,… …
58transgression — I noun abuse, breach, contravention, crime, delictum, delinquency, dereliction, disobedience, encroachment, error, fault, guilty act, illegal action, illegality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdoing,… …
59misdemeanor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crime, infraction, malfeasance. See illegality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misconduct, misbehavior, misdeed; see crime 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. misdeed, offense, misbehavior, misconduct,… …
60sin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. impiety, sacrilege, transgression, wickedness, impurity, iniquity, vice; offense, crime, fault, error, peccadillo. v. i. transgress, err, offend. See guilt, wrong, badness, evil. II (Roget s IV) n.… …
