Civil Law

Study civil law and how it resolves disputes between individuals.

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Civil Law

The body of law that deals with disputes between individuals or organizations.

Preponderance of the Evidence

The standard of proof required in civil cases.

Liability

The legal responsibility for harm or injury caused by a wrongful act.

Litigation

The process by which one party sues another in court.

Injunction

A legal remedy in which the court orders a party to perform a specific act.

Torts

The concept of civil wrongs such as negligence, defamation, battery.

Compensatory Damages

The monetary amount awarded to an individual in reimbursement for loss or injury.

Punitive Damages

Monetary compensation awarded in excess of ordinary damages, as a form of punishment for egregiou...

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Civil Law

The body of law that deals with disputes between individuals or organizations.

The body of law that deals with disputes between individuals or organizations.

Civil Law

Preponderance of the Evidence

The standard of proof required in civil cases.

The standard of proof required in civil cases.

Preponderance of the Evidence

Liability

The legal responsibility for harm or injury caused by a wrongful act.

The legal responsibility for harm or injury caused by a wrongful act.

Liability

Litigation

The process by which one party sues another in court.

The process by which one party sues another in court.

Litigation

Injunction

A legal remedy in which the court orders a party to perform a specific act.

A legal remedy in which the court orders a party to perform a specific act.

Injunction

Torts

The concept of civil wrongs such as negligence, defamation, battery.

The concept of civil wrongs such as negligence, defamation, battery.

Torts

Compensatory Damages

The monetary amount awarded to an individual in reimbursement for loss or injury.

The monetary amount awarded to an individual in reimbursement for loss or injury.

Compensatory Damages

Punitive Damages

Monetary compensation awarded in excess of ordinary damages, as a form of punishment for egregious conduct.

Monetary compensation awarded in excess of ordinary damages, as a form of punishment for egregious conduct.

Punitive Damages

Breach of Contract

A legal cause of action in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties.

A legal cause of action in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties.

Breach of Contract

Contracts

Legally binding agreements between parties which, if breached, result in civil law suits.

Legally binding agreements between parties which, if breached, result in civil law suits.

Contracts

Family Law

Part of civil law dealing with domestic relations and matters including marriage, divorce, adoption, child custody, etc.

Part of civil law dealing with domestic relations and matters including marriage, divorce, adoption, child custody, etc.

Family Law

Property Law

The area of civil law that governs ownership rights in property.

The area of civil law that governs ownership rights in property.

Property Law

Discovery

The process of gathering evidence in a lawsuit.

The process of gathering evidence in a lawsuit.

Discovery

Settlement

An agreement reached before a court decides a matter, effectively ending the litigation.

An agreement reached before a court decides a matter, effectively ending the litigation.

Settlement

Class Action Lawsuit

A lawsuit in which a group of people with the same or similar injuries caused by the same product or action sue the defendant as a group.

A lawsuit in which a group of people with the same or similar injuries caused by the same product or action sue the defendant as a group.

Class Action Lawsuit

Mediation

A dispute resolution process in which a neutral third-party facilitates a resolution between disagreeing parties.

A dispute resolution process in which a neutral third-party facilitates a resolution between disagreeing parties.

Mediation

Arbitration

A dispute resolution process similar to a trial in court but usually less formal. Decisions made by arbitrator(s) can be binding.

A dispute resolution process similar to a trial in court but usually less formal. Decisions made by arbitrator(s) can be binding.

Arbitration

Strict Liability

The legal responsibility for damages, or injury, even if the person found strictly liable was not at fault or negligent.

The legal responsibility for damages, or injury, even if the person found strictly liable was not at fault or negligent.

Strict Liability

Brown v. Board of Education

A landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

A landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education

Appeals

The process by which a case is brought from a lower court to a higher court for review of the lower court's judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court that the lower court's judgment was incorrect.

The process by which a case is brought from a lower court to a higher court for review of the lower court's judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court that the lower court's judgment was incorrect.

Appeals

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