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Questions tagged [civil-law]

For questions relating to non-criminal legal branch of [common-law] legal systems. Not to be confused with [civil-legal-system], relating to civilian or Roman law.

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What does this fuzzy court clerk stamp say? It's from a very old case in 1995 in the state of Washington

At first I thought it says "MAILED" but that doesn't seem to work...or does it? If you're familiar with court clerk stamps perhaps you can give advice as to what this is? Thank you.
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Can one use a personal injury lawyer when the police won't act?

Based on a true story: Bob's car is parked in the street. Ted is driving down the street recklessly with Alan as a passenger. Ted sideswipes Bob's car doing quite a lot of damage, but takes off. Next day, Alan shows up at Bob's doorstep saying,…
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Is there a reason lawyers are hesitant to use the media against an adversary?

I'm not a lawyer, so I'm only familiar with a small cross section of civil suits, but it seems to be a general trend that lawyers are very hesitant to publicize any part of a case. Even when the adversary has huge vulnerabilities because of the…
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Simple Majority - Ignorance of the Law

My question is about ignorance of the law. My organization has used the term "simple majority" incorrectly for 70 years. We recently learned we use a plurality vote but called it "simple majority" in all of our documents. For 70 years we have voted…
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Crowdfunding citizen legislation?

I'm a passionate citizen with an idea to stop the ill conceived CA highspeed rail act. I submitted the initiative to the CA Secretary of State but it was rejected because it's not actually a law - it needs to be written as a law. Submission…
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Am I required/permitted to disclose a security risk at a company I do not work for?

Scenario: I shop at a local retail store. While I am there, I notice that store staff have printed out and placed a long list of cleartext credentials for major internal and external business systems, in plain view of customers. Question 1: If I…
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Can a revoked degree cause problems for permanent residence?

Suppose a person has been granted permanent residence in Canada. Further suppose residency was granted partly on the basis of the person's academic degree. Now suppose the degree is revoked by the university that issued it. (The university is not in…
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Not enough time to oppose a motion

I have a divorce ruling from 4 years ago (30+ year marriage) which has granted me maintenance based on my ex's income. He has recently decided to retire and filed a motion to modify and/or remove this maintenance. The paper I received says that he…
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Isn't statute of limitations irrelevant in real life?

Say someone steals a property title or somehow obtains property fraudulently. Since the transfer of property was never legitimate, didn't the actual title never change, and therefore, the statute never runs? For example if Zuckerberg stole Facebook…
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Why has a domestic violence case made public online? (California)

According to my understanding California law prohibits the courts from giving online access to the documents in a domestic violence cases (for example through websites such as unicourt). Is that correct? Secondly, if the documents of a domestic…
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Can I steal a car back that’s registered to me?

So I made the mistake of co-signing for someone that isn’t making payments or even attempting to make payments. The car is registered to both of us, so I was thinking, what if I get them to pick me up and then when they get out, I jump in the driver…
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Saving a parking spot and legal recourse

I have seen others, and may have once or twice, stepped into an open parking spot to "reserve it" for my friend who is coming by, say within a minutes. What laws if any are those "saving a spot" breaking? What recourse does the blocked driver…
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Why haven't jurists corrected the ambiguity of 'civil law'?

Source: A Brief Introduction to Law in Canada (Mar. 2017). p. 39 Bottom. Box 2.3. "Common Law" and "Civil Law": Alternate Meanings As we have seen, some legal expressions have different meanings in different contexts. It addition to referring to…
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Animal Right Case

Two years ago a groomer killed my dog then lied and said he had a heart attack but, when a tv reporter confront her with Sparky's Necropsy she confessed to her lie. Sparky's cause of death was suffocation with red marks around his neck. Last year I…
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Why is the standard for proof of guilt much lower in civil law systems?

and a lot of guarantees like right against self incrimination are also not available in civil law systems. What is the reason behind this? It is said that the stakes are much lower in civil cases, but how is that? I mean civil cases in common law…
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