CIVIL SUIT collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of civil and suit
civil
adjective
uk
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/ˈsɪv.əl/us
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/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, but relating to the ordinary people of ...
suit
noun
uk
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/suːt/us
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/suːt/
a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt that are made from the ...
Examples of civil suit
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If, however, the testimony was such that it would subject the witness to a debt action or a civil suit, the privilege was not available.
They may become the subject of a civil suit for negligence where damage results.
The attorney files either a criminal prosecution or a civil suit for compensation against the company.
They will be subject to both criminal prosecution and civil suit for their private acts.
The courts do not, as a rule, hear a civil suit for damages until criminal proceedings are out of the way.
Let me take the case of immunity from civil suit.
It is an immunity from prosecution or from civil suit in relation to the activity that one is pursuing.
Two remedies are available—one is the civil suit for an injunction and damages, and that is going forward.
The organisation itself may also be sued in the case of a civil suit for damage caused by a vehicle belonging to it or operated on its behalf.
The civil suit has not come off.
The powers under section 39, or the relief available in a civil suit, must always depend upon the determination and desire of the landowners in question to assert their rights.
Under the current scheme, awards are assessed by the board on the basis of common law damages—what an applicant could expect to be awarded in a successful civil suit.
Though prior sanction of the local government is to be required in regard to a criminal prosecution, no such sanction is required for the institution of a civil suit.
Of course, the scheme no longer seeks to provide finely judged compensation covering every head of damage that might be awarded in a successful civil suit.
I would confine even those cases to the case of libel, which is more or less of a criminal nature even where it is a civil suit.
Days since the 2007 civil suit began, there have been calls by the public to redress the grievances of the three abovementioned whistle-blowers.
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Protesters are considering a civil suit against police for the activity, which they have described as branding.
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As a result, the woman's family has filed a civil suit against the mall's owner.
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Three years later, the university settled a civil suit brought by the federal government alleging fraud related to financial aid charges.
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While they could be reclaimed through a civil suit, this does not resolve the problem of the ownership of assets.
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