civil law action

A synonym, typically used in civil law actions, is mulct.

Courts such as a Small Claims Tribunal and a Family Court exist for civil law actions and other non-criminal legal matters.

As a civil law action, the use of misfeasance of public office has grown in recent years, the law having been clarified in the litigation involving the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.

Survivors and victims' relatives have sought to establish the responsibility of the State of the Netherlands and the United Nations for what happened at Srebrenica in civil law actions brought before The Hague District Court in the Netherlands.

In a similar civil law action before the District Court members of the Mothers of Srebrenica association are seeking to hold the United Nations itself responsible for failing to protect their relatives who were among the refugees gathered outside the base and under the protection of UNPROFOR.