Civil Action
In the Civil Law
A personal action which is instituted to compel payment, or the doing of some other thing which is purely civil. Pothier, Introd. Gen. aux Cont. 110.
At Common Law
One which seeks the establishment, recovery, or redress of private and civil rights. One brought to recover some civil right, or to obtain redress for some wrong not being a crime or misdemeanor. Wheeling Traction Co. v.
Pennsylvania Co., D.C.Ohio, 1 F.2d 478, 479.
Payment Definition: Black’s Law Dictionary, Page 1285
PAYMENT. The fulfilment of a promise, or the performance of an agreement.

