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Civil procedure

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000999

The body of rules and practices governing the conduct of non-criminal lawsuits in courts. These rules dictate how civil cases are initiated, managed, and resolved, from filing a complaint to enforcing a judgment. In the U.S. federal system, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure govern these processes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000999
FieldLaw
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000999",
  "term": "Civil procedure",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The body of rules and practices governing the conduct of non-criminal lawsuits in courts. These rules dictate how civil cases are initiated, managed, and resolved, from filing a complaint to enforcing a judgment. In the U.S. federal system, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure govern these processes.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/civil-procedure/"
}

Record 823 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.