civil court

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil court
Noun
  • The court found, as did the trial court, that even without the confession prosecutors had enough other evidence to support the guilty verdict.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
  • In a June 20 opinion, the justices unanimously denied Delehanty’s appeal, saying the trial court did not rule in error on either of those issues.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The burden of proof is much higher in a criminal court than in a Title IX proceeding.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 16 July 2025
  • Soliman and his Cleveland attorney Robert Ratliff will attend the hearing virtually, Ratliff told The Enquirer. Judge likely to set timeline for case, attorney says The hearing will be similar to an arraignment in criminal court, Ratliff said via email.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 14 July 2025
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“Civil court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20court. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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