Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civil Commitment

As opposed to criminal commitment the term denotes the confinement of a person under civil arrest for a debt. The confinement of an alcoholic, drug addict or insane person for protection or treatment is also civil commitment.

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Civil Commitment in Historical Law

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English Spanish Translation of Civil commitment

Confinamiento civil

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