the Constitution

Citizen’s arrest is an arrest made by a private citizen, in contrast to the typical arrest made by a police officer.

Citizens United v.

In reference to law, “civil” is used primarily as a descriptive term to denote conflicts between private individuals. Where in a civil case two or more individuals or private entities (such as corporations) dispute their rights relative to each other (such as in a contract

Civil forfeiture is a legal process that allows the government to seize property suspected of being connected to criminal activity, even if the property owner is never char

• CIVIL FORFEITURE
• asset forfeiture
• FORFEITURE
• PROPERTY RIGHTS
• search and seizure
• constitutional law
• Fourth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• eighth amendment
• due process

Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution (primarily from the First Amendment). They are natural rights that are inherent to each person. While they are commonly referred to as "rights," civil liberties operate as restraints on how the government can treat individuals under its jurisdiction.

Civil procedure broadly consists of the rules by which courts conduct civil trials.

• civil procedure
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• fair trial
• right to jury trial
• Supreme Court
• PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS
• due process
• Fifth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS

A civil right is a legally enforceable claim or privilege.

• U.S. CONSTITUTION
• constitutional amendment
• constitutional law
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Reconstruction
• Thirteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
• voting rights act
• right to vote
• Civil Rights Act 1964
• Civil Rights Act of 1968
• civil rights claims
• FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS
• disenfranchisement
• civil liberties
• Twenty-Fourth Amendment
• poll tax

Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), and religion in employment, education, and access to public facilities and public accommodations, such as restauran

A civil union is a marriage-like relationship, created primarily to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. It is a legal relationship between two people that tends to provide legal protection to the couple at the state level.

Civil union partners are couples in a marriage-like legal relationship. When a couple is in a civil union, they can receive inheritance rights, employment benefits, property rights, parental rights, among other benefits.