Civiliter

Civilly; opposed to criminaliter, or criminally. When a person does an unlawful act injurious to another, whether with or without an intention to commit a tort, he is responsible civiliter. In order to make him liable criminaliter, he must have intended to do the wrong; for it is a maxim, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. 2 East, 104.

Civilly: opposed to criminaliter, or criminally. When a person does an unlawful act Injurious to another, whether with or without an intention to commit a tort, he is responsible civilitcr. In order to make him liable crimi/ialiter, he must have intended to do the wrong; for it is a maxim, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. 2 East 104. In New York one sentenced to life imprisonment in the state prison is civilitcr //iortuua; Troup v. Wood, 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 228; Platner v. Sherwood, G Johns. Ch. (N. Y.i lis.

Civilly. In a person's civll character or position or by civll (not criminal) process or procedure. Thla term is used in distinction or opposition to the word "criminaliter,"—criminally,—to distinguish civil actions from criminal prosecutions.

— Civiliter mortuus. Civilly dead; dead in the view of the law. The condition of one who has lost his civil rights and capacities, and is accounted dead in law.

I. Civilly, by a civil course of procedure; civilly, as a citizen. This term, with its opposite, criminaliter, occur in the civil law, from which they were introduced, probably through Braoton, into the law of England. Civiliter mortnas: civilly dead; dead, as a citizen; dead in law.

Civilly. In a person's civil character or position, or by civil (not eriminal) process or procedure. This term is used in distinction or opposition to the word “criminaliter,”—criminally,—to distinguish civil actions from criminal prosecutions.

I. Civilly. Civiliter mortuus: dead in law; v. Civil

Lat. Civilly; by a civil course of procedure. This term, with its opposite criminaliter, occur in the civil law, from which source they were introduced (most probably through Bracton) into the law of England. Sciendum est de omni injuria, eum qui passus est, posse vel criminaliter agere vel civiliter; it is to be known (or observed) concerning every injury, that he who has suffered it may sue either civilly or criminally. Inst. 4. 4. 10. Cum actio fuerit mere criminalis, institui poterit ab initio criminaliter vel civiliter; where the action was merely criminal, it may be prosecuted from the beginning criminally or civilly. Bract. fol. 102. Civilly; as a citizen. See Civiliter mortuus.