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Definition of Civil suit
1. Noun. A lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant.
Definition of Civil suit
1. Noun. (legal) A lawsuit; an action filed in a court of law to recover for injury wrongfully caused by another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civil Suit
Literary usage of Civil suit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"... that the answering of such question may establish, or tend to establish, that
he owes a debt, or is otherwise subject to a civil suit. ..."
2. A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United by George McDowell Stroud (1827)
"A SLAVE CANNOT BE A PARTY TO A civil suit. It has been shown in a preceding part
of the sketch, that a slave can neither acquire nor retain property, ..."
3. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"Bill to de. clare th.it a witness cannot object to answer questions on the ground
that his answers may subject him to a civil suit. March :i. 1806. ..."
4. Sinfulness of American Slavery: Proved from Its Evil Sources; Its Injustice by Charles Elliott, Benjamin Franklin Tefft (1851)
"A slave can not be party to a civil suit. 3. A slave can not be a party before
a judicial tribunal, in any species of action, against his master, ..."
5. Thirty Years of New York Politics Up-to-date by Matthew Patrick Breen (1899)
"SIX-MILLION civil suit AGAINST TWEED—CRITICAL ... and the only thing he had to
fear now was a judgment in the civil suit for six million dollars, ..."
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