91. Civil Liberties

Rights or freedoms given to the people by the First Amendment of the Constitution, by Common Law, or legislation, allowing the individual to be free to speak, think, assemble, organize, worship, or petition without government (or even private) interference or restraints. These liberties are protective in nature, while civil rights form a broader concept and include positive elements such as the right to use facilities, the right to an equal education, or the right to participate in government.

92. Civil Liability

The potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-mandated conditions in a lawsuit, as opposed to criminal liability, which means open to punishment in accordance to criminal law.

93. Civil Law

1) A body of laws and legal concepts which come down from old Roman laws established by Emperor Justinian, and which differ from English common law, which is the framework of most state legal systems. In the United States only Louisiana (relying on the French Napoleonic Code) has a legal structure based on civil law. 2) Generic term for non-criminal law.

94. Civil Code

In many states, the name for the collection of statutes and laws which deal with business and negligence lawsuits and practices.

95. Civil Calendar

The list of lawsuits that are approaching trial in any court. Attorneys and/or parties whose cases are coming to the top of the list receive notice of the "calling'' of the civil calendar.

96. Civil Action

Any lawsuit relating to civil matters and not criminal prosecution.

97. Civil

1) In law, the part that encompasses businesses, contracts, estates, domestic relations, accidents, negligence and everything related to legal issues, statutes and lawsuits, that is not

criminal law. 2) Used in referring to one's basic rights guaranteed under the Constitution.

98. Citizen

A person who by place of birth, nationality of one or both parents, or by going through a naturalization process has sworn loyalty to a nation.

99. Cite

1) To make reference to a decision in another case to make a legal point in argument. 2) To give notice of being charged with a minor crime and a date for appearance in court to answer the charge rather than being arrested.

100. Citation

1) A notice to appear in court due to a probable commission of a minor crime such as a traffic violation, drinking liquor in a park where prohibited, letting a dog loose without a leash, and in some states for possession of a small amount of marijuana. Failure to appear can result in a warrant for the citee's arrest. 2) The act of referring to (citing) a statute, precedent-setting case or legal textbook, in a brief or argument in court, called "citation of authority." 4) the section of the statute or the name of the case as well as the volume number, the report series and the page number of a case referred to in a brief, points and authorities, or other legal argument.