Re: Pa. Patriot ARRESTED at the OC dinner @ The Old Country Buffet in Dickson City 5/
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Originally Posted by DaveM55
Interesting, I guess I really don't understand civil law very well. So what types of verdicts are reached in civil court if not guilty or innocent?
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Originally Posted by mjfletcher
The judge/jury "finds for" the plaintiff or defendant. Basically they just say "I/We believe what this person says more than what the other one says."
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It's worded (or, around here...) a little fancier than that, but that's pretty much it.
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"Hereby Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that Defendant owes to Plaintiff X number of dollars, including interest from (date interest is to start; if awarded at all), and
Further Ordered Adjudged and Decreed that Defendant is to stop doing Y, and
Further Ordered Adjudged and Decreed that Plaintiff be awarded it's costs and reasonable Attorney's fees (which might not be the entire bill, those two are usually separate things)."
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Or something like that. But "We hereby find the Defendant GUILTY" usually isn't done in a civil trial.
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