civil action

civil action
An action brought to enforce a civil right; an ordinary action as distinguished from a criminal action, or a special proceeding. Wurth v Affeldt, 265 Wis 119, 60 NW2d 708, 40 ALR2d 1376; the ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by one party against another for the redress or prevention of a legal wrong or for the enforcement or protection of a private right. 1 Am J2d Actions § 43; more broadly defined as any proceeding in a court ofjustice by which an individual pursues that remedy which the law affords him. Stoll v Hawkeye Casualty Co. (CA8 SD) 185 F2d 96, 22 ALR2d 899; comprehending every conceivable cause of action, whether legal or equitable, except such as are criminal in the usual sense that the judgment against the defendant may be a fine or imprisonment, or both. 1 Am J2d Actions § 44.

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