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Recent Examples of civil court
At the time, victims, including Giuffre, had been suing Epstein and Maxwell in civil court, but neither was yet facing federal charges.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Brown, 36, has filed portions of his April deposition in the civil court matter as part of his new request that the judge strike the housekeeper’s claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and punitive damages from her lawsuit.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
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
Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Brown, 36, has filed portions of his April deposition in the civil court matter as part of his new request that the judge strike the housekeeper’s claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and punitive damages from her lawsuit.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
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
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The ruling partially reversed a previous appeals court decision, finding that the original trial court correctly adjudicated the charge of accommodation discrimination.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dismissal hearings were ongoing as of Wednesday in BMC and district courts in both Suffolk and Middlesex counties, according to the trial court office.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Usually a last resort, the public nuisance investigation allows the Davidson County District Attorney's Office to bring these actions to criminal court, despite the complaint itself being civil in nature, Aaron said.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, the Everman mother accused of killing her 6-year-old developmentally disabled son, appeared in a Tarrant County criminal court Thursday morning for an early pre-trial hearing.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Civil court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20court. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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