- civil suit
- A civil action; for the purposes of a venue statute, proceeding, action, or suit by which private rights are protected or enforced or their violation redressed. 56 Am J1st Ven § 52.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
civil suit
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