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civil suit

NOUN
  1. a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant

How To Use civil suit In A Sentence

  • Of course, there is always the sanction of prosecutions or civil suits, and those must always remain the primary sanction for any breach of the criminal or civil law.
  • As Professor Edmundson further points out, even though a default judgment would not "vindicate" Ms. Jones, if accompanied by a statement that the President chose not to demean his office by defending such a civil suit, there would be a question of public reaction. Clinton & the Jones Case
  • He faces an investigation in France about allegations he sexually attacked a young novelist in 2003, and a civil suit in New York by Ms. Diallo.
  • Other defendants in the civil suit are Lend Lease Development Inc., which is coordinating the mall renovation.
  • The civil suit, which had sought $ 10 million in damages, ended in an undisclosed settlement on Tuesday, however.
  • Ms. Diallo said in her civil suit that after she entered the suite to clean, Mr. Strauss-Kahn appeared naked, grabbed her, prevented her from escaping and violently sodomized her. DA Moves to Abandon Strauss-Kahn Charges
  • Civil suits are also possible against those who knowingly mislabel their goods.
  • Oh, yeah, right ... they did ... but that for a blow-job and a legally pathetic hoked-up civil suit for alleged sexual harassment. Balkinization
  • An inferior court known as the bailiwick tried ordinary civil suits and breaches of the peace. The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760
  • The Attorney General and Crown attorneys are immune from civil suit except in the case of malicious prosecution.
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