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Civil remedy






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.

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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.

Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.

Opposition
practice. The act of a creditor who, declares his dissent to a debtor's being discharged under the insolvent laws.

Remedy
The means employed to enforce a right or redress an injury.

Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.

Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime

Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned

Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.



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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 action
Any lawsuit relating to civil matters and not criminal prosecution.

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 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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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.

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

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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