˜yÐÄvlog

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civil court

noun

  1. a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. civil law ( def 1 ).
  2. a secular court as opposed to an ecclesiastical or military court.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of civil court1

First recorded in 1550–1600
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The civil court jury determined Trump was liable for sexual abuse.

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It took a civil court case brought by relatives to find that the two men had exerted "undue influence" over the brothers.

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The award harks back to civil court judgments against McDonald’s after a jury in 1994 awarded $3 million to an Albuquerque woman who was scalded by hot coffee.

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How it happened has been the subject of deep reporting by journalists, police investigators, forensic specialists, industry safety experts, and a series of criminal and civil court cases.

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Police were attempting to arrest him for a gas station robbery, according to civil court records, and there was no evidence he was armed during the incident.

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