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Civil action   /sˈɪvəl ˈækʃən/   Listen
Civil action

noun
1.
Legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution).





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"Civil action" Quotes from Famous Books



... demand, who of them has been tormented or has died for supporting right and justice. But which of all these sages has for the benefit and service of his country undertaken so much as one voyage at sea, gone of an embassy, or expended a sum of money? What record is there extant of one civil action in matter of government, performed by any of you? And yet, because Metrodorus went down one day from the city as far as the haven of Piraeus, taking a journey of forty stadia to assist Mithres a Syrian, one of the king of Persia's court who had been arrested and taken prisoner, he writ of it ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch


Words linked to "Civil action" :   action at law, legal action, action


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