Introduction:
Civil cases are the branch of law in which the cases usually deals with private disputes between individuals or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. Civil case is the area of laws and justice which affect the legal status of individuals. It is usually referred to in comparison to criminal law, which is the body of law involving the state against individuals including incorporated organizations, where the state relies on the power given it by statutory law. It may also be compared with the laws governing the political and law making process such as military law, administrative law, constitutional law and international law. Where there are legal options for causes of action by individuals within any of these areas of law, it is thereby civil case. It provides a forum for deciding disputes involving torts such as accidents, negligence, and libel. Contract disputes, the probate of wills, trusts, property disputes, administrative law, commercial law, and any other private matters that involve private parties and organizations including government departments.
Purpose of Civil Cases:
The purposes of civil cases are different from other types of cases. In civil cases there are attempt to make right a wrong, honour an agreement, or even settle a dispute. If there is a victim, they get the compensation, and the person who is the cause of the wrong pays, this being a civilized form of, or legal alternative to revenge. If it is an equity matter, there is often a pie for division and it gets allocated by a process of civil law, possibly invoking the doctrines of equity. Civil cases in common law countries usually refers to both common law and the law of equity, which while now merged in administration, have different traditions and historically operated to different doctrines.
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