| 单词 | civil wrong |
| 释义 | > as lemmascivil wrong civil wrong n. an infringement of a person's rights, esp. (Law) such an infringement against which there is legal redress, such as a tort or breach of contract. ΚΠ a1602 W. Perkins Godlie & Learned Expos. Epist. Iude (1606) 143/2 But this exposition cannot stand; for to shew that it is no direction of the manner to reuenge ciuil wrongs, but appertaineth vnto the conscience. 1776 Monthly Rev. Aug. 162 The laws of Canada are to provide the remedy against a civil wrong. 1898 W. F. Craies in Encycl. Laws Eng. VIII. 77 It certainly has different meanings with respect to responsibility for civil wrongs and responsibility for crime. 1999 M. Shoard Right to Roam i. 13 Otherwise trespass in Scotland is a civil wrong as normally in England, with force available to landowners against trespassers who refuse to leave and interdicts from the Sheriff Court playing the part of a county court against repeat offenders. < as lemmas |
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