Is a civil case considered a crime? Like brakeing a written law?

an axample:';if i were to call some on a liar'; thus risking the persons reputation and they take it to court and sew. Is this fall under a crime, or several other axamples of civil cases are any of them crime related?Is a civil case considered a crime? Like brakeing a written law?
There is a difference between a crime and a tort.


Criminals are charged with crime.


Civil wrongs are called torts.


It you called someone a liar and it was a lie, you would have slandered the person which is a civil wrong.


He could sue you for monetary damages, but he can't put you in jail.


If it was the truth, he has no case.


The truth is an affirmative defense to slander.





Hope this helpsIs a civil case considered a crime? Like brakeing a written law?
Many crimes are also the basis for civil suits. If you beat me up, I'll press charges and have you arrested. You will face criminal charges. But, I'll also sue you for my medical costs and my pain and suffering in civil court. If you kill my mother, you'll be prosecuted for murder and I'll sue you for wrongful death.





However, many civil cases have no criminal component. If I fail to pay my credit card debt, the credit card company can sue me for the money but they can't have me arrested for failure to pay.
Civil court is people suing other people, and it's usually for money or to make someone stop doing something (like PETA suing Ringling Brothers to make them stop treating animals a certain way). Criminal court is when you break a criminal law and the state (i.e. police and prosecutors) arrest, detain, and prosecute you. Some criminal laws are also civil laws, so sometimes they overlap.





There are examples of crimes that are also civil wrongs. For example, the state prosecuted OJ Simpson for murder, and later the families of the people he allegedly killed sued him for wrongful death.





The example you gave is of slander, which is a civil wrong but not a crime, so in that example, you could not be charged with anything.
It is a civil matter. Someone cannot go to jail because they were spreading rumors.