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Cause of action in civil (non-criminal) law
A
civil wrong
or
wrong
is a
cause of action
under civil law. Types include
tort
,
breach of contract
and
breach of trust
.
[1]
Something that amounts to a civil wrong is
wrongful
. A wrong involves the violation of a
right
because wrong and right are contrasting terms.
[2]
An 1860 legal ruling stated that: "It is essential to an action in tort that the act complained of should under the circumstances be legally wrongful as regards the party complaining; that is, it must prejudicially affect him in some legal right".
[3]
The law that relates to civil wrongs is part of the branch of the law that is called the
civil law
.
[4]
A civil wrong can be followed by
civil proceedings
.
[5]
It is a misnomer to describe a civil wrong as a "
civil offence
".
[6]
The
law of England
recognised the concept of a wrong before it recognised the distinction between civil wrongs and
crimes
in the 13th century.
[7]
See also
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References
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]
- ^
Williams (1982)
, pp. 9?10.
- ^
Clerk (1989)
, para. 1?14 at p. 12.
- ^
Rogers v Rajendro Dutt (1860) 13 Moo P C 209, 9 WR 149, 15
ER
78, quoted in House of Lords,
Watkins (Respondent) v. Home Office (Appellants) and others
, [2006] UKHL 17.
- ^
Williams (1982)
, p. 2.
- ^
Williams (1982)
, p. 3.
- ^
Williams (1982)
, p. 4.
- ^
Phillips (1960)
, pp. 207, 208, 213.
Further reading
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