{"id":18005,"date":"2023-04-12T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?p=18005"},"modified":"2023-04-23T14:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T14:32:54","slug":"civil-law-self-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?p=18005","title":{"rendered":"Civil Law Self-Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Started<\/a>:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">******************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;\"><strong>i. <em>Civil Law<\/em> and <em>Criminal Law<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">are very different from one another:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most people tend to be more familiar with the <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal law system<\/a>, than they are the civil law system: if you&#8217;ve ever been given a ticket or <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 you<em>&#8216;<\/em>ve encountered a <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal proceeding<\/a>.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re unsure the difference, please read the articl<em>e<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=2629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Civil Law and Criminal Law;<br \/>\nwhat&#8217;s the difference?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;\"><strong>Step-by-Step:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Civil<\/em> law is much different: think of it as &#8220;civilian law&#8221; <em>in that<\/em> it generally deals with violations against the rights of <em>civilians<\/em>; if that brings you a spark of hope, <em>it should!<\/em>\u00a0 Some incidents <em>may <\/em>be tried in a <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal proceeding<\/a> (where the government is the prosecutor) <em>and in <\/em>a civil proceeding (where the citizen(s) is the <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plaintiff<\/a>).<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a01.) <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=17592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assess Your Case<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>2.) <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Provide Notice, then file a Claim<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>3.) <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commence an Action; the Civil Proceedings<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>4.) <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=18057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Appeal Process<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote1\" dir=\"LTR\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lady Liberty image: Taylor, Alan. \u201cThe Statue of Liberty: Standing at America&#8217;s Gateway.\u201d <i>The Atlantic<\/i>, Atlantic Media Company, 5 July 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2013\/07\/the-statue-of-liberty-standing-at-americas-gateway\/100546\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2013\/07\/the-statue-of-liberty-standing-at-americas-gateway\/100546\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from Getting Started: ****************************** i. Civil Law and Criminal Law are very different from one another: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most people tend to be more familiar with the criminal law system, than they are the civil law system: if you&#8217;ve ever been given a ticket or arrested\u00a0\u2014 you&#8216;ve encountered a criminal proceeding.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?p=18005\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Civil Law Self-Help<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-18005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-legal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18005"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18688,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18005\/revisions\/18688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}