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civil law

noun as in law of citizens' rights

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Salmond, who died of a heart attack in October 2024 while attending a conference in North Macedonia, was suing the government for misfeasance - a civil law term that means the wrongful exercise of lawful authority.

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The authority of immigration agents to provide security or conduct civil law enforcement activities is legally uncertain.

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There has always been immense pressure for a settlement, because the curve of civil law bends so strongly in that direction.

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But Texas lawmakers, intent on being the first to enact a ban with teeth, had already passed a harsh civil law using a novel legal strategy that circumvented Roe v.

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The former first minster has sued the government for misfeasance – a civil law term that means the wrongful exercise of lawful authority.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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