{"id":8024,"date":"2017-11-17T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8024"},"modified":"2018-03-09T00:04:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T00:04:58","slug":"public-tort-a-minor-breach-of-the-law-i-e-a-parking-violation-that-although-it-carries-a-criminal-punishment-is-considered-a-civil-offense-rather-than-a-criminal-one-because-it-is-merely-a-proh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8024","title":{"rendered":"public tort – a minor breach of the law (i.e. a parking violation) that carries a criminal punishment even though its considered a civil offense because it is merely a prohibited act and not inherently reprehensible\u00a0conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. A minor breach of the law (such as a parking violation) that, although it carries a criminal punishment, is considered a civil offense rather than a criminal one because it is merely a prohibited act<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(malum prohibitum)<\/em> and not inherently reprehensible\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>conduct (malum in se)<\/em>. <\/span><\/strong>\u2014 aka<\/span><\/span> civil offense<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Cf. civil wrong<\/em> under WRONG; public delict<\/em> under DELICT. [1]<\/span>
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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/a> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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