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The law deals with two kinds of cases. Civil cases involve conflicts between people or institutions such as businesses and Criminal cases involve enforcing public codes of behavior as embodied in the laws, with the government prosecuting individuals or institutions. Learn the different processes and procedures involved in these types of cases.
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