Sentence examples for a civil wrong from inspiring English sources

Grant those campaigning for a civil wrong of invading privacy their wish, I wrote:then create a tougher but still non-statutory regulator.

Signs that read "Trespassers will be prosecuted" are meaningless as you cannot be prosecuted for trespass - it is a civil wrong, not a criminal offence.

Under current rules, squatters that affect entry into a vacant property are only committing a civil wrong unless it can be proved that their entry was forced.

Mr. Lhota, a Republican, held nothing back, warning that Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, would "annihilate" charter schools, commit a "civil wrong" by raising taxes and take a "reckless" approach to policing.

Hassan Jabareen of Adalah, a legal centre for Israeli-Arab citizens, said: "Defining boycott as a civil wrong suggests that all Israelis have a legal responsibility to promote the economic advancement of the settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In my two-lawyer firm in Brooklyn we regularly speak to average working people who are victims of a civil wrong and discover that they will have no access to the legal system because at the courthouse door they must answer the question, "How much justice can you afford?" Arbitration is a good idea and can make justice more accessible to everyday people.

He wants a new civil wrong of infringement of privacy, to match rules on defamation.

Libel law has traditionally been regarded as a "tort" or civil wrong in English law, and is usually defended on the basis that the otherwise defamatory material is true, or a product of responsible journalism in the public interest.

In particular, they argued that Gawker had committed a tort (or civil wrong) recognized in most states, including Florida, that creates liability for the publication of embarrassing private facts.

They have ducked the three major reforms necessary to make the media both free and accountable, namely the reversal of the burden of proof on defendants in libel cases, the introduction of a carefully defined tort (civil wrong) that would entitle juries to award damages for gross breaches of privacy, and the total and complete abolition of the Press Complaints Commission.

A 'tort' in law means civil wrong.