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]
^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.
civil, wrong, confused, with, civil, offence, municipal, offense, civil, wrong, wrong, cause, action, under, civil, types, include, tort, breach, contract, breach, trust, something, that, amounts, civil, wrong, wrongful, wrong, involves, violation, right, beca. Not to be confused with Civil offence or Municipal offense 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 EditCivil penalty MisconductReferences Edit 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 EditClerk J F 1989 Clerk and Lindsell on Torts 16 ed Sweet amp Maxwell ISBN 9780421377608 Phillips O Hood 1960 A First Book of English Law 4 ed London Sweet amp Maxwell Williams Glanville 1982 Learning the Law 11 ed London Stevens ISBN 9780420463005 This legal term article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Civil wrong amp oldid 1064649388, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
