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civil court — ➔ court1 * * * civil court UK US noun [C] LAW ► a court of law that deals with disagreements between individual people or private companies, rather than with criminal activity: »He was charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange… … Financial and business terms
civil court — court which hears civil lawsuits … English contemporary dictionary
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New York City Civil Court — New York State Unified Court System Court of Appeals Supreme Court, Appellate Division Supreme Court Court of Claims Surrogate s Court New York City Courts (Civil, Criminal) This box … Wikipedia
Civil procedure in the United States — consists of the rules of civil procedure that govern procedure in the federal courts, the 50 state court systems, and in the territorial courts. Like much of American law, civil procedure is not reserved to the federal government in the… … Wikipedia
Court of Session — redirects here. For other uses, see Court of Session (disambiguation). Court of Session Logo of the Court of Session Established 1532 … Wikipedia
court — / kōrt/ n [Old French, enclosed space, royal entourage, court of justice, from Latin cohort cohors farmyard, armed force, retinue] 1 a: an official assembly for the administration of justice: a unit of the judicial branch of government the… … 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
CIVIL MARRIAGE — CIVIL MARRIAGE, a marriage ceremony between Jews, celebrated in accordance with the secular, and not the Jewish law. The Problem in Jewish Law Since in Jewish law a woman is not considered a wife (eshet ish) unless she has been married properly,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Court of Session — Scotland s supreme civil court located in Scotland. It is divided into an Outer House, which deals with important cases at first instances, and an Inner House, which (except for a few unusual matters) acts as a court of appeal. The decisions of… … Law dictionary
