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.
Hydro is a town in Blaine and Caddo counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 1,060 at the 2000 census. Hydro was home to Lucille Hammons, a Route 66 icon dubbed "The Mother of the Mother Road. " Her motel and gas station still stand on Old Route 66 just west of Hydro. A modern replica of the station, with a large restaurant attached, is in nearby Weatherford. In downtown Hydro, an old-fashioned drug store still serves sodas and lunch. Also downtown is the "World Famous Hydro Bar. " The bar has been in business since the early years of Hydro and still has pictures of the old-fasioned wood swinging doors that used to be the front doors to the bar. Minnie Lou Bradley, matriarch of the Bradley 3 Ranch in the Texas Panhandle, grew up on a wheat farm near Hydro.