Quasi Criminal Law and Legal Definition
Quasi-criminal refers to treating an act in a civil case as if it were occuring in a criminal proceeding. It is a court's right to punish for actions or omissions as if they were criminal. For example, a person may be held in contempt of court for a civil matter, such as divorce, and be given a criminal punishment of serving jail time.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences [ACJS]
- Administration of Criminal Justice
- Aequitas Est Quasi Aequalitas
- American Board of Criminalistics
- Armed Career Criminal
- Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)
- Burglary and Criminal Trespass
- Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- Central Criminal Court Act
- Central Repository [Criminal Law]
