Civil wrong
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A civil wrong or wrong is a cause of action under the law of England and Wales.[citation needed] Tort,[1] breach of contract[2] and breach of trust[3][4] are types of civil wrong.
Something that amounts to a civil wrong is said to be wrongful.
A wrong involves the violation of a right because wrong and right are complementary terms.[5]
A statement that an act complained of is legally wrongful as regards the party complaining implicitly includes a statement that the act complained of prejudicially affects the party complaining in some legal right.[6]
The law that relates to civil wrongs is part of the branch of the law that is called the civil law.[7]
A civil wrong is capable of being followed by what are called civil proceedings.[8]
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[edit] References
- ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 9
- ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 9
- ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 10
- ^ For more information on breach of trust, which does not yet have an article, see English trusts law#Breach of trust
- ^ Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. Sixteenth Edition. 1989. Sweet and Maxwell. paragraph 1-14 at page 12.
- ^ Rogers v Rajendro Dutt (1860) 13 Moo P C 209, 9 WR 149, 15 ER 78. The text reads: "It is essential to an action in tort that the act complained of should under the circumstances be legally wrongful as regards the party complaining; that is, it must prejudicially affect him in some legal right;"
- ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 2
- ^ Glanville Williams. Learning the Law. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 3
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