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Criminal law or Civil Law

Criminal or Civil Law

have homework, and we have to match terms that have to do with civil/criminal laws. I have a couple of the terms, but most of them I’m so confused on! Can anyone giv me ideas as to where they go? Remember the terms have to go undereither civil or criminal law. These are the terms:

Crown vs Smith suit trial plaintiff prosecutor Jones vs Smith defendant (2)

I know some of them, like the VS. ones, but a lot of them I… guessed. xD If anyone could help I’d be very grateful.

• 3 months ago

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3 months ago

SORRY, the terms messed up!
Crown vs Smith
suit
trial
plaintiff
prosecutor
Jones vs Smith
defendant (2)

In criminal cases, the State is always the first party- also known as the Plaintiff. That’s because the act allegedly committed by the second party, the Defendant is an act in derogation of acceptable social behavior and is a crime against the State. Plaintiff and Defendant are terms used in both civil and criminal law, although in criminal law it would be more proper to refer to the Plaintiff always as the State. In civil law, the case is one person against another person- a person may also be a company as companies are recognized legal entities and as such are like a person. In the commonlaw tradition (derived from British law dating back to the Magna Carta) the State may also be the Crown- as the Crown refers to the monarch who is the titular head of the government and offenses against the State are said to be against that office. A trial can be had in either criminal or civil cases- it is an almost cherised precept of commonlaw tradition that an accused may have his or her case heard before a jury of one’s peers. The prosecutor is the government representative who is advancing the State’s case, so they are involved in criminal trials. Hope that helped…