Civil matters definition

Civil matters means an event connected with a case filed in court that is neither criminal nor quasi-criminal. Examples of civil matters are cases involving personal injury, employment matters, landlord/tenant disputes, and breach of contract claims. For purposes of this policy, “civil matters” excludes matters included below in “family matters” and “traffic matters.”
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Civil matters means the following case types as defined in the Manual on Recordkeeping, adopted by the Supreme Court under M.R. 1218, as most recently amended: Arbitration (AR), Chancery (CH), Eminent Domain (ED), Eviction (EV), Foreclosure (FC), Government Corporation (GC), Guardianship (GR), Law: Damages over
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Civil matters means any of the matters that fall within the purview of the civil division of the Supreme
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Examples of Civil matters in a sentence

  • Covered Persons have the option for a qualified mediator to assist them in resolving cases such as: • Civil matters including: contractual disputes, real estate, landlord/tenant, collections, consumer disputes, and other civil matters; • Family matters including: divorce, child custody, child support, parenting agreements, family crisis, elder care matters, and many others; and • Non-Legal matters including: non-legal disputes between neighbors, co-workers, and other emotionally charged issues.

  • To restate the obvious; the burden lies with the Claimant on a balance of probabilities in Civil matters.

  • The City will pay the difference between an Officer's salary and the dollar amount he receives from the Court while in Court and off-duty on Civil matters resulting from his/her duty as a South Burlington Police employee.

  • At least 3 Associates’ outstanding achievement (Civil matters only) (i) 2 marks for Supreme Court or Court of Appeal (ii) 1 mark for High Court (iii) 1 mark for Magistrate’s Court (or its equivalent) or other Tribunals 9.


More Definitions of Civil matters

Civil matters means any of the matters that fall within the purview of the civil division of the Supreme Court of Grenada and the West Indies Associated States in Grenada, other than matters under the Constitution of Grenada.
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Civil matters referred to in this Agreement shall include civil, commercial, marital, family and labor matters.
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Related to Civil matters

  • Legal Matters In the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel of Prospect Administration, administrator for Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), the certificates evidencing the Notes (the “Note Certificates”) constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of New York subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability (including, without limitation, concepts of good faith, fair dealing and the lack of bad faith), provided that such counsel expresses no opinion as to the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provision of applicable law on the conclusions expressed above. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and is limited to the law of the State of New York as in effect on the date hereof. In addition, this opinion is subject to the same assumptions and qualifications stated in the letter of Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇, LLP dated March 8, 2012, filed as Exhibit (l)(5) to the Company’s registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-176637) and to the further assumptions that (i) the Note Certificates have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company and duly executed by the Company under Maryland law, and (ii) they were duly authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Selling Agent Agreement and the Indenture. Capitalized terms used in this paragraph without definition have the meanings ascribed to them in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

  • Academic and professional matters means the following policy development and implementation matters:

  • Environmental Matters means any matter arising out of or relating to health and safety, or pollution or protection of the environment or workplace, including any of the foregoing relating to the presence, use, production, generation, handling, transport, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution, discharge, release, control or cleanup of any Hazardous Substance.

  • civil proceedings means proceedings before the Tribunal or civil proceedings before any court;

  • Environmental Matter means any past, present or future activity, event or circumstance in respect of the environment, health or safety including the Release of any Hazardous Substance including any substance which is hazardous to Persons, animals, plants, or which has a detrimental effect on the soil, air or water, or the generation, treatment, storage, use, manufacture, holding, collection, processing, treatment, presence, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Substances.