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Question: What is a civil action?

Answer: A civil action is a lawsuit brought by one or more individuals against another person, a business, or the government for the purpose of redressing private wrongs.

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On 08/21/06
from AL said:
is forging someones name a civil matter and if so can someone go to jail for doing it?
On 10/17/04
sammy from AL said:
Can i send in a petition to civil court a Motion to Modify kinship adoption? My grandparents adopted me changed last name,and promised my parents it would stay same/visits anytime to get them to sign papers. sneck trick changed it, without parents consent. Can i at 16 petition with my parents get my name return birthname,which was promised to sign,and without those promised same name/visits anytime my parents would NO never of signed nothing. That is coercion.
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