civil damages — ➔ damage1 * * * civil damages UK US noun [plural] LAW ► amounts of money that a court orders someone to pay to another person for causing damage to their health, business, or property: seek/claim/sue for civil damages »Clients may seek civil… … Financial and business terms
damages — I noun amends, compensation, costs, expenses, expiation, fine, indemnification, indemnity, injury, just compensation, legal costs, legal liability, loss, penalty, recompense, recovery, reimbursement, remuneration for injury suffered, reparation,… … Law dictionary
civil — 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 … Law dictionary
Civil Recovery Demands (Shoplifting) — Retailers in the 50 States of the United States have the authority under state laws, that have been passed within the past several decades (starting in 1973cite book | last = Nemeth | first = Charles | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Private … Wikipedia
Civil recovery demands — Retailers in the 50 States of the United States have the authority under state laws, that have been passed within the past several decades (starting in 1973[1]) to demand civil damages by letter notice from apprehended shoplifters.[2] A… … Wikipedia
Civil Rights Act of 1991 — Full title Civil Rights Act of 1991 Enacted by the 102nd United States Congress Citations Public Law Pub. L. 102 166 … Wikipedia
civil law — civil law, adj. 1. the body of laws of a state or nation regulating ordinary private matters, as distinct from laws regulating criminal, political, or military matters. 2. Rom. Hist. the body of law proper to the city or state of Rome, as… … Universalium
Damages (disambiguation) — Damages is the money paid or awarded to a claimant in a civil action. Damages may also refer to: Damages (Jewish law), a range of jurisprudential topics that roughly correspond in secular law to torts Damages (TV series), a legal drama Nezikin or … Wikipedia
civil liability — see liability 2b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. civil liability … Law dictionary
Civil procedure — is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). These rules govern how a lawsuit or case may be commenced, what kind of service of… … Wikipedia
