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  2. Civil penalty - Wikipedia

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    The civil fine is not considered to be a criminal punishment, because it is primarily sought in order to compensate the state for harm done to it, rather than to punish the wrongful conduct. As such, a civil penalty, in itself, will not carry jail time or other legal penalties. [1] [better source needed]

  3. Fine (penalty) - Wikipedia

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    According to the WAHV, the maximum sum of the administrative fine is the same as the maximum amount of the first category (Art. 2 section 3 WvSr Criminal Code). [21] The exact fine per violation is determined by an annex of the WAHV. [22] In addition to the fine, the fined subject will also have to pay €9 [17] administration costs as well. [23]

  4. Administrative Monetary Penalty - Wikipedia

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    An Administrative Monetary Penalty is a civil penalty imposed by a regulator for a contravention of an Act, regulation or by-law. [1] It is issued upon discovery of an unlawful event, and is due and payable subject only to any rights of review that may be available under the AMP's implementing scheme. [1]

  5. Pennoyer v. Neff - Wikipedia

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    Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878) was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that a state court can only exert personal jurisdiction over a party domiciled out-of-state if that party is served with process while physically present within the state.

  6. Penalties in English law - Wikipedia

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    The rule is one which judges over the years have confessed difficulty with. In Astley v Weldon [9] Lord Eldon admitted ("not for the first time" according to the Supreme Court in Makdessi [10]) to being "much embarrassed in ascertaining the principle on which [the rule was] founded".

  7. Lawmaker seeks to add civil definition of sexual assault ...

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    Rep. Kadyn Wittman, D-Sioux Falls, introduced the bill that would seek a civil legal course of action for stealthing. Lawmaker seeks to add civil definition of sexual assault known as 'stealthing ...

  8. Quasi-criminal - Wikipedia

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    It may appear in either a common law or a civil law jurisdiction. It refers to "a court's right to punish for actions or omissions as if they were criminal". [1] The origins of the phrase comes from the Latin language word, quasi, meaning somewhat, sort-of, alike or akin, to criminal law, as in quasi-contract. [2]

  9. Civil law (common law) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the expression "civil courts" is used as a shorthand for "trial courts in civil cases". [13] [14] In England and other common-law countries, the burden of proof in civil proceedings is, in general—with a number of exceptions such as committal proceedings for civil contempt—proof on a balance of probabilities. [15]