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Civil Versus Criminal Law

When a dispute arises between people, even where there is an injury, it is often a civil versus criminal law matter. The latter deals with violations of statutes that define various crimes. The former term deals with a wide range of other matters where injury, but not a crime, has occurred. Sometimes, there are circumstances where both aspects can be involved. In such cases, whether the civil versus criminal law case will proceed first is often a matter of scheduling.

 

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