Thesaurus results for CIVIL COURT

civil court

noun

as in trial court

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Recent Examples of civil court Legal experts warn the measure could have far-reaching consequences for the state’s civil court system, hitting not just attorney pocketbooks but denting courtroom access for people who are injured in accidents and don’t have the money to pay a lawyer up front. —

Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026 The legislation, which Landry signed Thursday, sought to have the Orleans Parish clerk of civil court take over the responsibilities of the clerk of criminal court. —

Jack Brook, ABC News, 4 May 2026 Almost a decade into Ruiz’s sentence, in 2002, the prosecutor’s office was still assisting the witness, submitting a letter to a civil court in support of her efforts to change her name. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026 The concept has been criminalized in Hawaii and incorporated into family or civil court definitions of domestic violence in states such as California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Vermont. —

Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 But while the civil court found the war crimes allegations were mostly proved on a balance of probabilities, the new charges would have to be proved in a criminal court to a higher standard of beyond reasonable doubt. —

CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 One of the women, Madison Atiabi, is Jewish and is now suing Nacua in a California civil court. —

Nate Atkins, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026 The newborn’s parents, Yiqi Wang and Hongyu Lu, are reportedly suing Jan for wrongful death, medical malpractice and fraud in civil court. —

Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026 The civil court victory wasn’t her first. —

Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026

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But the Helms-Burton law does not state those citizenship requirements, and the trial court’s decision was overturned in an appeals court.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
The state had filed a motion to join the two cases for a single trial, which the trial court granted on the grounds the evidence in each case would be cross admissible, the high court ruling says.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026