civil court
Americannoun
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a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined.
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a secular court as opposed to an ecclesiastical or military court.
Etymology
Origin of civil court
First recorded in 1550–1600
Example Sentences
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Ma, who obtained a $173,000 default judgment in civil court that Nguyen has yet to pay, suspects she has sent money to Vietnam that is beyond the reach of U.S. authorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Specter told the Chicago federal civil court that Boeing was "negligent", the aircraft was "unsafe" and that "Boeing caused this crash and these deaths."
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Eichmann - an architect of the Jewish Holocaust - was hanged in 1962, becoming the only person previously sentenced to death by an Israeli civil court.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
County judges now have access to an artificial intelligence tool that can help them summarize motions and draft rulings in civil court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
But there was a man who’d embezzled money from Grandpa Vaughan’s estate after he died and whom Rosa then sued in civil court.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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