Civil laws are the sets of laws and justice that affect the legal status of people. Thus, civil law is commonly referred to in comparison to criminal law, which is that body of law involving the state against individuals (including corporate organizations) where the state relies on the power vested in it by statutory law. Statutory laws are laws agreed to and incorporated by the United States Legislature. Where there are legal alternatives to individuals’ sources of action within any of these sections of law, this falls within the civil realm.

Civil law courts provide opportunities to resolve disputes involving torts. Torts are laws that address and provide remedies for civil damages that do not arise from contracts or similar obligations. Torts include: accidents, negligence, contract disputes, will administration, trusts, property disputes, business law, and other private matters involving private parties and organizations. These may also include government departments. An action by an individual (or the legal equivalent thereof) against the attorney general of a state, for example, is a civil matter.

The purposes of civil law vary from other areas of law. In civil law there is an attempt to honor an agreement, correct a wrongdoing or resolve a dispute. Any victim in this case can get compensation. The person who is dishonest party country. This can be seen as a civilized form or a legal option of retribution. If it is a matter of fairness, there is often a division that is distributed through a civil law process.

Any action in criminal law does not include the obligation to challenge an action in the civil party. This can provide a compensation device to the victims of any crime. This type of situation can occur, for example, when an at-fault party is ordered to pay damages for any wrongful situation (such as in a wrongful death). Sometimes, too, for example, this payment of damages can be in lieu of a murder trial.

In criminal law, one can face prison if the charges are beyond reasonable doubt. Therefore, if the investigative staff determines that these charges are well founded, the defendant will face the charges. In civil law, one can be fined for damages found from a preponderance of all evidence during any investigation. Instead of imprisonment, often payment is the form of retribution. The charges in civil cases are often less severe than those in criminal cases because the punishment pits money against the loss of liberty.