27-1-103. Civil and criminal actions.
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27-1-103 . Civil and criminal actions.
(1)Actions are of two kinds:
(a)civil; and
(b)criminal.
(2)A civil action is prosecuted by one party against another for the enforcement or protection of a right or the redress or prevention of a wrong. Titles 45 and 46 define and provide for the prosecution of a criminal action. When the violation of a right admits of both a civil and criminal remedy, the right to prosecute the one is not merged in the other.