Civil Responsibility

See "Civil Liability." rights due from one citizen to another, the privation of which is a civil wrong, for which redress may be sought in a civil action. Also sometimes applied to the rights secured by the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to the United States constitur tion and the statutes pursuant thereto. -

The liability to be called upon to respond to an action at law for an injury caused by a delict or crime, as opposed to criminal responsibility, or liability to be proceeded against in a criminal tribunal.
—-Civil side. When the same court has jurisdiction of both civil and Criminal matters, proceedings of the first class are often said to be on the civil side ; those of the second, on the criminal side. As to civil "Commotion," "Corporations," "Death," "Injury," "Liberty," "Obligation," "Officer," "Remedy," "Rights," and "War," see those titles.

Defined under Civil in Black's Law Dictionary.

The liability to be called upon to respond to an action at law for an injury caused by a delict or crime, a3 Opposed to criminal responsibility, or liability to be proceeded against in a criminal tribunal.