civil court

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Recent Examples of civil court Sky-high divorce settlements are becoming the norm in Abu Dhabi, less than five years after a civil court opened to serve non-Emirati residents, Semafor reported. Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025 The truck driver, who has been identified as Perry Tole, is suing Sanchez and Fox in civil court. Devon Henderson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 The records are currently sealed by a protective order in civil court—but that won’t shield them from the Department of Justice. Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 To Dan Gilleon, who represented many of Fischer’s victims in civil court, those cases are evidence of how much higher the true public costs of litigation against the county are. Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025 Earlier in the week, the defendants’ lawyer, Carlos Murias, asked a civil court to authorize the auction of the painting, but the request was denied, according to AP. Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil court
Noun
  • The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has sent the case back to the trial court for new hearings.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The trial court merely instructed counsel not to manage petitioner’s testimony during that break.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When the criminal court jury returned its verdict, handing Mayers a resounding victory, the rapper and actor dove over a waist-high courtroom barrier to embrace Rihanna, who was seated in the front row.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The pool of money comes from fines and penalties collected in federal criminal court cases.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Civil court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20court. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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