civil remedy

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilandremedy

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civil
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪv.əl/us
/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of ...
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remedy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrem.ə.di/us
/ˈrem.ə.di/
a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem ...
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(Definition ofcivilandremedyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would be acivilremedy, in the form of an injunction, which would be enforced by the criminal law if it were breached.
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He is damnified by a misstatement, made either deliberately or recklessly, and he should therefore have acivilremedy.
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It is acivilremedyavailable to the liquidator of a company in insolvent liquidation.
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For this reason, the view that acivilremedyis enough— that is to say, the agreement becoming unenforceable— cannot be upheld.
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Without a clearly defined criminal offence, women and others who suffer from harassment will have to have recourse to thecivilremedy.
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If any persons consider that they have cause for complaint in the matter, theircivilremedyis open to them.
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If someone could prove this, he would have his right incivilremedyin any event.
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If the rules do not permit it and the card is withdrawn, a driver will have acivilremedyin the courts.
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There is to be nocivilremedyfor them.
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I cannot myself see how the question ofcivilremedycan really be relevant to the appropriateness or otherwise of the sanction.
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The provision—it is said to be acivilremedybut is plainly in reality a criminal remedy—will not satisfy the tests of human rights.
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As soon as we have completed our consideration of the issues surrounding the proposedcivilremedyand criminal offences.
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Why should not the man who has suffered damage from rooks or rabbits have acivilremedyby going to a court?
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He had evidently decided instead, as he was perfectly entitled to do, to pursue acivilremedythrough the courts.
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He is asking why we should use thecivilremedyof an injunction.
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Without legal aid, any suchcivilremedywould of course be available only to those with deep pockets.
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Clause 24 gives him acivilremedyto enforce rectification or erasure of data.
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If there are witnesses to a particular accident or incident the owner already has acivilremedy.
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He is in a much better position to pursue hiscivilremedyin law than is the ordinary purchaser who goes into a shop.
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