civil justice system
Non-criminal legal process
The civil justice system is the network of courts, procedures, and legal mechanisms for resolving non-criminal disputes between parties.
It handles lawsuits over contracts, property, personal injury, family matters, and other conflicts where one party seeks compensation or specific remedies from another.
Distinguished from the criminal justice system, which prosecutes offenses against the state: She navigated the civil justice system to recover damages from the accident.
- statutory lawLegislature-made legal rules
- contract disputesDisagreements over binding agreements
- judgesLegal proceeding overseers
- lawyersLicensed legal practitioners
- legal representationAttorney acting on behalf
litigation · court filing · common law · due process · equity · statute of limitations · property disputes · arbitrators · plaintiffs · precedent · injunctions · burden of proof · day in court · defendants · class action lawsuit · hearings · motions · discovery
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Framework for prosecuting offenders
criminal law · criminal courts · criminal prosecution · penal system · criminal proceedings
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Unauthorized punishment by civilians
mob justice · kangaroo court · lynch mob · frontier justice · lawlessness
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