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Civil suit   /sˈɪvəl sut/   Listen
Civil suit

noun
1.
A lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant.





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"Civil suit" Quotes from Famous Books



... and a civil suit commenced. Eight hundred dollars bail was demanded, and the speculator, being unable to procure it, was lodged in the debtor's prison. When he had been there three months, Mr. Allen caused him to be discharged; saying he did not wish to persecute the man, but merely to teach him not to take ...
— Isaac T. Hopper • L. Maria Child
... were taken before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, sitting at Madison, and discharged from imprisonment. This, however, did not relieve them from the fines imposed by the United States Court. The owner of the slave brought a civil suit against Mr. Booth, claiming $1,000 damages for the loss of his slave. Judge Miller decided, July, 1855, that ...
— The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims - Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18 • American Anti-Slavery Society


Words linked to "Civil suit" :   case, suit, causa, jurisprudence, law, lawsuit, cause


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