CIVIL LIABILITY - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CIVIL LIABILITY? Definition of CIVIL LIABILITY in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

The amenability to civil action as distinguished from amenability to criminal prosecution. Corn. v. Shimpeno, 160 Pa.Super. 104, 50 A.2d 39, 43. A sum of money assessed either as general, special or liquidated damages, eithersingle, double or treble for violation such as overcharges. Lewis v. Anderson, D.C.Cal., 72 F.Supp, 119, 123.  

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