Civil liability definition and legal meaning

#civil_liability #definition and legal meaning
Civil liability is a legal obligation that requires a party to pay for damages or to follow other court-enforcements in a lawsuit. Different from criminal liability, which is often brought by the State to redress a public wrong, civil liability is usually brought by a private party to sue for damages, injunctions or other remedy. For example, in a car crash case, the injured party can sue the driver and ask for monetary damages.
A civil liability is usually a contractual liability or a tort liability. A defendant of a civil liability is either “liable” or “not liable”. If a defendant is liable, the court will order the defendant to pay or follow another remedy to the plaintiff, not to face the risk of prison as in many criminal cases. The standard of burden of proof in a civil liability case is lower than in a criminal liability case. While criminal cases require proof “beyond a reasonable doubt”, civil liability often may only require proof by “preponderance of the evidence”.

1 Vienna Convention on the law of treaties 1969 (Part I)

7 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relation 1961 (Full)

8. UN Charter (1)

9. UN Charter (2)

10. UN Charter (3)

11. UNCLOS 1982 (1)

12. UNCLOS 1982 (2)

13. UNCLOS 1982 (3)

14. UNCLOS 1982 Part V: Exclusive Economic Zone

15. UNCLOS 1982 Part VI: Continental Shelf

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