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lawsuit
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lawsuit: see procedure procedure, in law, the rules that govern the obtaining of legal redress. This article deals only with civil procedure in Anglo-American law (for criminal procedure, see criminal law ).
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; tort tort, in law, the violation of some duty clearly set by law, not by a specific agreement between two parties, as in breach of contract . When such a duty is breached, the injured party has the right to institute suit for compensatory damages .
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O'Neill concluded that a "church's decision to discipline members for conduct considered outside the church's moral code is an inherently religious function with which civil courts should not generally interfere.
In Muslim-majority Malaysia, Muslims must use Islamic courts for certain matters; everyone else uses the civil courts.
While the merchant had won his case in lower church and civil courts, the ultimate appeal brought the case before the General Court.
 
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