extra-judicial remedies
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From 59 U.S. 272 - John Den James Murray and John Kayser v. The Hoboken Land and Improvement Company John Den James B Murray et al. · 1855Most cited · 1,012 citing opinions
Though, generally, both public and private wrongs are redressed through judicial action, there are more summary extra-judicial remedies for both. An instance of extra-judicial redress of a private wrong is, the recapture of goods by their lawful owner; of a public wrong, by a private person, is the abatement of a public nuisance; and the recovery of public dues by a summary process of distress, issued by some public officer authorized by law, is an instance of redress of a particular kind of public wrong, by the act of the public through its authorized agents.