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A '''civil action''' is an action brought by a [[plaintiff]] to enforce or protect private rights.  
 
A '''civil action''' is an action brought by a [[plaintiff]] to enforce or protect private rights.  
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Put another way, a '''civil action''' is a legal demand instituted in a court to enforce a right. See Black's Law Dictionary 26 (5th ed. 1979) ("Action" means "the legal and formal demand of one's right from another person or party made and insisted on in a court of justice."); William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law 26 (1996) ("Civil action" seeks to "recover[] a private right or compensation for deprivation thereof."); Frederic J. Stimson, Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law 7 (1881) ("Action" means "the legal demand of one's right"; "civil action" is an action "to enforce a private right.").
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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