What is can count as civil case? what is small claim case?

I am wondering what can count as civil case, what is count as small claim case if I want to file something to the court?





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Thanks!What is can count as civil case? what is small claim case?
There are basically two categories of judicial cases. The first is the civil case. The second is the criminal case. So anything involving theft, assault - violent crimes of any type, are heard in the criminal court.


Civil cases involve things like divorce, real estate deals, mostly stuff that involves money.


Small claims is for a debt that is owed (or that one party thinks is owed and the other party doesn't) and most jurisdicdtions have a monetary limit on what is a small debt claim. In some cases, it can be as much as $25,000 and still qualify as a small debt.


Criminal cases involve juries, small debts are heard before a judge, or a magistrate, with no juries involved.


Does that help?What is can count as civil case? what is small claim case?
They are the same thing.





Civil means there will be no jail time... the oppisite of a civil case is a CRIMINAL case.





A small claims case is a type of civil lawsuit... depending on your county, small claims cases are usually limited to a few thousand dollars.
Same thing -- small claims is less than $5,000.00.