GOv't
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- four most important types of civil law
- contracts,property,civil wrongs causing injury and torts,contract
- libel
- to punish in print/media
- equity law
- settles disputes on fairness
- slander
- oral defamation not truth and harms reputation
- plaintiff
- seeks damages for money from the defendant
- lawsuits typically go..
- state courts
- plaintiff..
- hires lawyer
- family law
- deals with relationships and family, marriage and child custody
- types if civil law
- a-civil law which concerns cases between two or more people and governemnt makes up 90% of cases
- tort
- meaning wrong or twisted: against individual opposed to crime directs to state, however it can be tort crimes
- almost 90% of cases are..
- settled
- property case
- deals with property ownership
- damages
- awards for settlement of a case
- defendant
- opposing party defending themselves
- small claims court
- an alternative to lengthy civil trials
- civil wrongs
- deals with torts and wrongful acts where the wronged party has the right to sue for damages
- judge
- dicides most cases and claims