As used in this title, the term:
termination to support action for malicious prosecution, 30 A.L.R.4th 572.
(1) “Action” means the judicial means of enforcing a right.
(2) “Civil action” means an action founded on private rights, arising either from contract or tort.
(3) “Penal action” means an action allowed in pursuance of public
justice under particular laws.