Thursday, January 1, 2009

What is Civil Procedure?

Laws can be generally divided into two groups, criminal and civil. Criminal law is fairly self explanatory. Civil law is everything else, including contracts, torts, domestic issues, and civil rights.

According to wisegeek.com, civil procedure is "an intricate and complex set of rules and regulations that apply to the filing, pursuance, and trial of civil lawsuits." Civil procedure does not apply to criminal court.

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