liable civil proceedings
1civil — civ·il / si vəl/ adj [Latin civilis, from civis citizen] 1: concerning, befitting, or applying to individual citizens or to citizens as a whole a civil duty see also civil right 2: marked by public order: peaceable in behavior …
2Civil law notary — 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys Civil law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal …
3civil service — 1. those branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services. 2. the body of persons employed in these branches. 3. a system or method of appointing government employees on the basis of… …
4Civil penalty — A civil penalty or civil fine is a term used to describe when a state entity, government agency, or private party seeks monetary relief against an individual as restitution for wrongdoing by the individual. The wrongdoing is typically defined by… …
5Crown Proceedings Act 1947 — United Kingdom Parliament Long title An Act to amend the law relating to the civil liabilities and rights of the Crown and to civil proceedings by and against the Crown, to amend the law relating to the civil liabilities of persons other than …
6Crown proceedings — actions by and against the Crown. Prior to the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (now amended by the Crown Proceedings Act 1987), special procedures had to be used against the Crown. They were difficult for the claimant. Contractual actions had to… …
7American Civil Liberties Union — Fo …
8Sovereign immunity — Not to be confused with the principle of public international law that the government of a state is normally not amenable before the courts of another state, see State immunity. Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine by which… …
9Citizen's arrest — A citizen s arrest is an arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official.[1] In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval Britain and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary… …
10International criminal law — This article is about international criminal law and crimes against international law. For crimes that have actual or potential effect across national borders, see Transnational crime. International criminal law is a body of international law… …
