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Civil action
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Civil actionAny lawsuit relating to civil matters and not criminal prosecution.
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Lawsuit
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Prosecution
Criminal law. The means adopted to bring a supposed offender to justice and punishment by due course of law.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Civil commotion
Lord Mansfield defines a civil commotion to be "an insurrection of the people for general purposes, though it may not amount to rebellion where there is an usurped power."
Civil court
The court which presides over non criminal cases.
Civil death
Persons. The change of the state of a person who is declared civilly dead by judgment of a competent tribunal.
Civil law
All law that is not criminal law. Usually pertains to the settlement of disputes between individuals, organizations or groups and having to do with the establishment, recovery or redress of private and civil rights.
Civil lawsuit
A non-criminal lawsuit.
Civil list
The sum which is yearly paid by the state to its monarch, and the domains of which he is suffered to have the enjoyment.
Civil litigation
Non criminal litigation.
Civil obligation
Civil law. One which binds in law, vinculum juris, and which may be enforeed in a court of justice.
Civil officer
By this term areincluded all officers of the United States who hold their appointments under the national government, whether their duties are executive or judicial, in the highest or the lowest departments; of the government, with the exception of officers of the army and navy.
Civil procedure
The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed, including the preparations for trial, the rules of evidence and trial conduct, and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
Civil remedy
Practice. This term is used in opposition to the remedy given by indictment in a criminal case, and signifies the remedy which the law gives to the party against the offender.
Civil right lawsuit
A lawsuit to protect civil rights.
Civil state
The union of individual men in civil society under a system of laws and a magistracy, or magistracies, charged with the administration of the laws.
Civil surgeon
A medically trained, licensed and experienced doctor practicing in the U.S. who is certified by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.These medical professionals receive U.S. immigration-focused training in order to provide examinations as required by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and USCIS. For medical examinations given overseas, please see Panel Physician.
Civilian
A doctor, professor, or student of the civil law.
Civiliter
Civilly; opposed to criminaliter or criminally.
Civiliter mortuus
Civilly dead; one who is considered as if he were naturally dead, go far as his rights are concerned.
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Citation
Practice. A writ issued out of a court of competent, jurisdiction, commanding a person therein named to appear and do something therein mentioned, or to show cause why he should not, on a day named.
Citators
A set of books which provides the subsequent history of reported decisions through a form of abbreviations or words.
Citizen
In the Roman government, seems to have designated a person who had the freedom of the city, and the right to exercise all political and civil privileges of the government. One who owes to government allegiance, service, and money by way of taxation, and to whom the government, in turn, grants and guarantees liberty of person and of conscience, the right of acquiring and possessing property, of marriage and the social relations, of suit and of defense, and security in person, estate, and reputation.
City
Government. A town incorporated by that name.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Civil action
Civil commotion
Lord Mansfield defines a civil commotion to be "an insurrection of the people for general purposes, though it may not amount to rebellion where there is an usurped power."
Civil court
The court which presides over non criminal cases.
Civil death
Persons. The change of the state of a person who is declared civilly dead by judgment of a competent tribunal.
Civil list
The sum which is yearly paid by the state to its monarch, and the domains of which he is suffered to have the enjoyment.
Civil obligation
Civil law. One which binds in law, vinculum juris, and which may be enforeed in a court of justice.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Lawsuit
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Prosecution
Criminal law. The means adopted to bring a supposed offender to justice and punishment by due course of law.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Civil commotion
Lord Mansfield defines a civil commotion to be "an insurrection of the people for general purposes, though it may not amount to rebellion where there is an usurped power."
Civil court
The court which presides over non criminal cases.
Civil death
Persons. The change of the state of a person who is declared civilly dead by judgment of a competent tribunal.
Civil law
All law that is not criminal law. Usually pertains to the settlement of disputes between individuals, organizations or groups and having to do with the establishment, recovery or redress of private and civil rights.
Civil lawsuit
A non-criminal lawsuit.
Civil list
The sum which is yearly paid by the state to its monarch, and the domains of which he is suffered to have the enjoyment.
Civil litigation
Non criminal litigation.
Civil obligation
Civil law. One which binds in law, vinculum juris, and which may be enforeed in a court of justice.
Civil officer
By this term areincluded all officers of the United States who hold their appointments under the national government, whether their duties are executive or judicial, in the highest or the lowest departments; of the government, with the exception of officers of the army and navy.
Civil procedure
The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed, including the preparations for trial, the rules of evidence and trial conduct, and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
Civil remedy
Practice. This term is used in opposition to the remedy given by indictment in a criminal case, and signifies the remedy which the law gives to the party against the offender.
Civil right lawsuit
A lawsuit to protect civil rights.
Civil state
The union of individual men in civil society under a system of laws and a magistracy, or magistracies, charged with the administration of the laws.
Civil surgeon
A medically trained, licensed and experienced doctor practicing in the U.S. who is certified by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.These medical professionals receive U.S. immigration-focused training in order to provide examinations as required by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and USCIS. For medical examinations given overseas, please see Panel Physician.
Civilian
A doctor, professor, or student of the civil law.
Civiliter
Civilly; opposed to criminaliter or criminally.
Civiliter mortuus
Civilly dead; one who is considered as if he were naturally dead, go far as his rights are concerned.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Citation
Practice. A writ issued out of a court of competent, jurisdiction, commanding a person therein named to appear and do something therein mentioned, or to show cause why he should not, on a day named.
Citators
A set of books which provides the subsequent history of reported decisions through a form of abbreviations or words.
Citizen
In the Roman government, seems to have designated a person who had the freedom of the city, and the right to exercise all political and civil privileges of the government. One who owes to government allegiance, service, and money by way of taxation, and to whom the government, in turn, grants and guarantees liberty of person and of conscience, the right of acquiring and possessing property, of marriage and the social relations, of suit and of defense, and security in person, estate, and reputation.
City
Government. A town incorporated by that name.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Civil action
Civil commotion
Lord Mansfield defines a civil commotion to be "an insurrection of the people for general purposes, though it may not amount to rebellion where there is an usurped power."
Civil court
The court which presides over non criminal cases.
Civil death
Persons. The change of the state of a person who is declared civilly dead by judgment of a competent tribunal.
Civil list
The sum which is yearly paid by the state to its monarch, and the domains of which he is suffered to have the enjoyment.
Civil obligation
Civil law. One which binds in law, vinculum juris, and which may be enforeed in a court of justice.
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