What is the difference between criminal and civil court? Criminal Cases Criminal acts are those that go against the rules of the Criminal Code or against another federal statute (e.g. the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act). In Canada‚ a criminal act is legally seen as an offence against the state‚ even though there may have been a specific individual who was the victim of the crime. In a criminal trial‚ there are two sides: the prosecution and the defence. The prosecution brings the case to
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Stages of Civil and Criminal Proceedings 1. List and briefly explain each of the major stages of a civil proceeding‚ including starting the case and pretrial‚ trial‚ and post-trial activities. A civil case starts out with pleadings. A lawyer files paperwork with the clerk of courts for his/ her client. This paperwork states that the client was injured in some way‚ either by the person or the unlawful act that was committed. After the pleadings the case then goes to the pretrial
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CIVIL Procedure The Code of Civil Procedure‚ 1908 in essence provides the sequential steps that a person desirous of filing suit in a civil court has to follow. 1.Filing Of Suit / Plaint 2.Vakalatnama 3.Court Fees 4.How Proceedings Are Conducted 5.Written Statement 6.Replication By Plaintiff 7.Filing Of Other Documents 8.Framing Of Issues/ List Of Witness 9.Final Hearing 10.Appeal‚ Reference And Review FILING OF SUIT / PLAINT: The plaint has to be filed within the time limit prescribed
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LAWS 1014 Criminal Procedure Exam Table of Contents Introduction to Criminal Procedure – Crime and Society 4 Crime 4 Criminal law 4 Sources of criminal law in Australia 4 Justice 4 Procedural law 5 Substantive law 5 General criminal procedure 5 Current trend towards criminal procedure 5 Crime and history 6 Crime and society 6 Problems with criminal procedure 7 Reforms to criminal procedure 8 Context for making criminal procedures 9 Indigenous people and Australian criminal procedure 9 Ethnic minorities
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Jurisdiction Supreme Court Court of Appeals Sandiganbayan RTC MeTC‚ MTC‚ MCTC Original – Concurrent Exercise original jurisdiction over cases affecting ambassadors‚ other public ministers and consuls. Exercise original jurisdiction over petitions for certiorari‚ prohibition‚ mandamus‚ quo warranto‚ and habeas corpus It shall exercise exclusive original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus‚ prohibition‚ certiorari‚ habeas corpus‚ and quo warranto‚ and auxiliary
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Civil Procedure v. Criminal Procedure Nathan McNeil ENC 1102 34 Week 11 Individual Work Civil Procedure v. Criminal Procedure Civil procedure relates to the process where two parties bring a case to the court for a decision on a particular problem. These problems can include but are not limited to divorces‚ estate distribution‚ work men’s comp.‚ injury cases‚ or even matters such as discrimination in the workplace. Criminal procedure applies to the process where the state or federal government
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THE REVISED RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (RULES 110 - 127‚ RULES OF COURT) [Effective December 1‚ 2000] RULE 110 - PROSECUTION OF OFFENSES Section 1. Institution of criminal actions.– Criminal actions shall be instituted as follows: (a) For offenses where a preliminary investigation is required pursuant to section 1 of Rule 112‚ by filing the complaint with the proper officer for the purpose of conducting the requisite preliminary investigation. (b) For all other offenses‚ by filing
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Methods: Criminal and Civil Court Structures and Legal Personnel This assignment contains ..............................words Introduction This assignment will discuss and compare the court structure‚ legal personnel and their functions and the type of cases that are brought before criminal and civil courts. Criminal courts The criminal court system has many levels of superiority (refer to diagram 1.1 in Appendices). Lower courts are bound
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‘Observation of Civil Proceedings’ Name (Student): Arjun Singh Course: BBA.LLB P.R.N. No.: 10010224062 Batch: 2010-15 Name of the Court: DISTRICT & SESSION COURT HISAR Date of Observation: 24/02/2015 Case No. I: CS/183/2015 Title of the Case: KALU SINGH v. RAHUL Stage of the case: Prelimnary Hearing Appearance made by the parties: Sh. Ram Chandar Kakkar the ld. Defendant counsel appeared for the defendant i.e. Sh. Rahul. The plaintiff didn’t appear. Proceedings of the case:
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Criminal Procedure Policy “The Constitution of the United States was ordained; it is true‚ by descendants of Englishmen‚ who inherited the traditions of English law and history; but it was made for an undefined and expanding future‚ and for a people gathered and to be gathered from many nations and of many tongues” (Zalman‚ 2008 PG 1). —Justice Stanley Matthews “Criminal procedure deals with the set rules governing the series of proceedings through which‚ the government enforces substantive criminal
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