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Which of the following best distinguishes civil law from criminal law?
Civil law deals with private rights and gives remedies such as compensation, while criminal law deals with offences regarded as wrongs against society and provides punishment imposed by the State. The aim of civil law is redress; that of criminal law is punishment.
- ACivil law aims at punishing offenders, criminal law at compensation
- BCivil law deals with private rights and remedies, criminal law with wrongs against society punishable by the StateCorrect
- CCivil law is always written, criminal law is always unwritten
- DCivil law applies only to companies, criminal law only to individuals
Explanation
Civil law concerns the enforcement of private rights, usually giving remedies like damages or injunction. Criminal law deals with offences treated as wrongs against society and prescribes punishment. The first option reverses the aims.
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