A civil case is a legal dispute concerning private rights, obligations, property, money, family relationships, contracts or other non-criminal claims. The Civil Procedure Code governs how such claims are filed, defended, heard and enforced unless a special law provides a different procedure.
Examples include:
- debt recovery;
- contract disputes;
- property disputes;
- partition;
- succession;
- compensation claims;
- relationship disputes;
- company-related civil claims.