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Civil remedy
(gcide) | Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L.
remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.]
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1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
application which puts an end to disease and restores
health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
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2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
by for or against, formerly by to.
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What may else be remedy or cure
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
He will instruct us. --Milton.
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3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
redress for a wrong.
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Civil remedy. See under Civil.
Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
also tolerance.
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Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
relief; aid; help; assistance.
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Civil remedy
(gcide) | Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil.
See City.]
1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his
relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within
the city or state.
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2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not
barbarous; -- said of the community.
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England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but
even the other day since England grew civil.
--Spenser.
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3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to
government; -- said of an individual.
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Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others;
they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston
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4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed
to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous;
complaisant; affable.
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Note: "A civil man now is one observant of slight external
courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and
man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the
duties and obligations flowing from his position as a
'civis' and his relations to the other members of that
'civitas.'" --Trench
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5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from
military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
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6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit
distinct from criminal proceedings.
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Civil action, an action to enforce the rights or redress
the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal
proceeding.
Civil architecture, the architecture which is employed in
constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in
distinction from military and naval architecture, as
private houses, palaces, churches, etc.
Civil death. (Law.) See under Death.
Civil engineering. See under Engineering.
Civil law. See under Law.
Civil list. See under List.
Civil remedy (Law), that given to a person injured, by
action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution.
Civil service, all service rendered to and paid for by the
state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or
military affairs.
Civil service reform, the substitution of business
principles and methods for the spoils system in the
conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of
appointments to office.
Civil state, the whole body of the laity or citizens not
included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical
states.
Civil suit. Same as Civil action.
Civil war. See under War.
Civil year. See under Year.
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CIVIL REMEDY
(bouvier) | CIVIL REMEDY, practice. This term is used in opposition to the remedy given
by indictment in a criminal case, and signifies the remedy which the law
gives to the party against the offender.
2. In cases of treason and felony, the law,, for wise purposes,
suspends this remedy in order to promote the public interest, until the
wrongdoer shall have been prosecuted for the public wrong. 1 Miles, Rep.
316-17; 12 East, 409; R. T. H. 359; 1 Hale's P. C. 546; 2 T. R. 751, 756; 17
Ves. 329; 4 Bl. Com. 363; Bac. Ab. Trepass, E 2; and Trover, D. This
principle has been adopted in New Hampshire N. H. R. 239; but changed in New
York by statutory provision; 2 Rev. Stat. 292, Sec. 2 and by decisions in
Massachusetts, except perhaps in felonies punishable with death; 15 Mass. R.
333; in Ohio; 4 Ohio R. 377; in North Carolina; 1 Tayl. R. 58. By the common
law, in cases of homicide, the civil remedy is merged in the felony. 1 Chit.
Pr. 10. Vide art. Injuries; Merger.
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CIVIL REMEDY
(bouvier) | CIVIL REMEDY, practice. This term is used in opposition to the remedy given
by indictment in a criminal case, and signifies the remedy which the law
gives to the party against the offender.
2. In cases of treason and felony, the law,, for wise purposes,
suspends this remedy in order to promote the public interest, until the
wrongdoer shall have been prosecuted for the public wrong. 1 Miles, Rep.
316-17; 12 East, 409; R. T. H. 359; 1 Hale's P. C. 546; 2 T. R. 751, 756; 17
Ves. 329; 4 Bl. Com. 363; Bac. Ab. Trepass, E 2; and Trover, D. This
principle has been adopted in New Hampshire N. H. R. 239; but changed in New
York by statutory provision; 2 Rev. Stat. 292, Sec. 2 and by decisions in
Massachusetts, except perhaps in felonies punishable with death; 15 Mass. R.
333; in Ohio; 4 Ohio R. 377; in North Carolina; 1 Tayl. R. 58. By the common
law, in cases of homicide, the civil remedy is merged in the felony. 1 Chit.
Pr. 10. Vide art. Injuries; Merger.
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