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.
Clarksburg is an unincorporated community in White Township, in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on PA Route 286 between Indiana and Saltsburg. It contains a post office, flower shop, a bar, a Sunoco Station as well as the Clarksburg Presbyterian Church. The church has multiple spaghetti dinners on Saturdays throughout the fall and spring. There are a number of family farms in the area. It also has its own T-ball and baseball league that gets organized at the Kenneth Quick Memorial Park. Originating in the hills north and east of town, Blacklegs Creek meanders through on its way to Saltsburg to join the Kiskimenitas River, then the Conemaugh River and ultimately heading to Pittsburgh to flow into the Ohio River and beyond.