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  2. Civil procedure in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Quebec is Canada's only civil law jurisdiction. [1] Therefore, its rules of civil procedure are distinct from the rest of the country. [1] In 2003, Quebec introduced a series of changes to its civil law, where it eliminated the statement of claim. [1] Instead, all actions are brought by way of motion. [1]

  3. CanLII - Wikipedia

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    Other websites will often use CanLII as their primary source when referring to Canadian case law, [13] and as of the 10th Edition of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, is the designated preferred citation, in the absence of official court-issued neutral citations. [14] [15]

  4. Civil procedure - Wikipedia

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    Civil and criminal cases are usually heard in different courts. In jurisdictions based on English common-law systems, the party bringing a criminal charge (in most cases, the state) is called the "prosecution", but the party bringing most forms of civil action is the " plaintiff " or " claimant ".

  5. Civil litigation - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 18 May 2006, at 16:24 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply ...

  6. Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (McGill Guide or Red Book; French: Manuel canadien de la référence juridique) is a legal citation guide in Canada. It is published by the McGill Law Journal of the McGill University Faculty of Law and is used by law students, scholars, and lawyers and has been officially adopted by courts and major ...

  7. Law of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, west of Parliament Hill. The legal system of Canada is pluralist: its foundations lie in the English common law system (inherited from its period as a colony of the British Empire), the French civil law system (inherited from its French Empire past), [1] [2] and Indigenous law systems [3] developed by the various Indigenous Nations.

  8. Civil law (legal system) - Wikipedia

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    Civil law is sometimes referred to as neo-Roman law, Romano-Germanic law or Continental law. The expression "civil law" is a translation of Latin jus civile, or "citizens' law", which was the late imperial term for its legal system, as opposed to the laws governing conquered peoples (jus gentium); hence, the Justinian Code's title Corpus Juris Civilis.

  9. Lawsuit - Wikipedia

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    Defendants, civil rights organizations, public interest organizations, and government public officials can all set up an account to pay for litigation costs and legal expenses. These legal defense funds can have large membership counts where the members contribute to the fund.