27-1-102: Actions and special proceedings defined.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS
- CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY
- Part 1. General Provisions
(1) These remedies are divided into two classes:
(a) actions; and
(b) special proceedings.
(2) An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by which one party prosecutes another for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. Every other remedy is a special proceeding.
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