How to Use civil action in a Sentence

civil action

noun
  • The civil action did not name a dollar amount sought by plaintiffs.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The civil action against Vervant was not part of the government’s claims against the for-profit college.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
  • Palmer's civil action seeks sole legal and physical custody of their son.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Health care providers who violate these provisions could be subject to civil action and have their license revoked if the bill is passed.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • In Maryland, the statute of limitations for a civil action is three years from the date of the harm, according to the Maryland General Assembly.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In a civil action filed in April, the federal government also sought a court order to sell Adell’s $3.7 million Bloomfield Hills house.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The city of Aurora also paid a $15 million settlement to McClain’s family, one of the largest in state history for a civil action of its kind.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The civil action to evict Zuberi was dismissed in January because a summons hadn’t been served properly, according to the records.
    Maxine Bernstein, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The lawsuit was a civil action, and no allegations of criminal wrongdoing by anyone have been raised.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Trump-Carroll: A civil action Trump also faces a possible civil trial in January, though he would not be required to attend in person.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • The bill details that such violations can be assessed and recovered in a civil action by the attorney general, a district attorney, or a city attorney.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The father of a deceased University of Georgia football player is seeking $2 million in what may become the first civil action involving a fatal car crash that rocked the school’s champion football program.
    Alan Judd, ajc, 25 Apr. 2023
  • After the first flight landed, Bonta said his office was looking into possible criminal or civil action against those who transported the migrants or arranged for the transportation.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 6 June 2023
  • The 12 jurors deciding damages in the civil action filed back into the courtroom early Monday evening to announce what Bundy, close associate Diego Rodriguez and their various entities would be ordered to pay the health system and other plaintiffs.
    Sally Krutzig, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
  • Afterward, Goldman’s family took civil action against Simpson, filing a wrongful death lawsuit against him.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Denaturalization is also possible as a civil action down the line.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • After the first flight landed in Sacramento, Bonta said his office was looking into possible criminal or civil action against those who transported the migrants or arranged for the transportation.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 5 June 2023
  • The ordinance also provides further avenues to hold gun owners accountable for not securing their firearms by allowing those injured by an unsecured gun to bring civil action upon its owner within two years of the violation.
    Corey Schmidt, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2023
  • The individual and an attorney representing them in an unrelated civil action did not respond to emails detailing Cable-Monteclaro’s allegations of abuse.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Manning cited protection under the legal doctrine of qualified immunity, which is often used to indemnify law-enforcement officers from civil action and prosecution.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Prosecutors acted after a public interest civil action lawsuit filed by Brazilian citizens required halting construction at Sugarloaf in order to protect the environment and its historical and cultural heritage.
    Carla Bridi and David Biller, ajc, 3 June 2023

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