Civil law, as opposed to criminal law, is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals and/or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance, if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident, this will be a civil law case. Civil law courts provide a forum for deciding disputes involving torts (such as accidents, negligence, and libel), contract disputes, the probate of wills, trusts, property disputes, administrative law, commercial law, and any other private matters that involve private parties or organizations including government departments. The objectives of civil law are different from other types of law. In civil law there is the attempt to right a wrong, honor an agreement, or settle a dispute. If there is a victim, they get compensation, and the person who is the cause of the wrong pays, this being a civilized form of, or legal alternative to, revenge.
White Oak is a small rural community in Camden County, southeast Georgia, USA some miles north of the Florida state line. The Shaker Community at White Oak, Georgia was short-lived. In 1999, the only evidence of the site of the community is a side street named Shaker Way off Providence Church Road. Evidence that the community once existed here can be seen from space but not on the ground. White Oak is in the middle of swamps between Brunswick to the North and Folkston, Georgia to the West and Woodbine, Georgia to the south. It is a small farming community with a Pentecostal Church and no apparent businesses otherwise. The coordinates are:31.01'.55.32" North and 81.43'.50.74 West.