How come if a tenat fails to appear in a court there is no bench warrant against him/her, but only a default case. Yet there is a bench warrant made to a person who has a traffic violation n fails to appear in court. What is the difference? Why is that one of them gets issued a bench warrant n the other does not? Any sort of help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
2007-08-22 13:20:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
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2007-08-22 14:32:39 · answer #1 · answered by fisher1221us 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you mentioned a tenant I will assume you are talking about some sort of litigation (someone suing someone else) that comes under Civil Statutes. There is no justification for a warrant, the one that does not appear simply loses the case.
However, traffic violations are under Criminal Statues and their appearance in court is MANDATORY since it is the State that is bringing the criminal action against the accused. This violator is NOT being sued, he or she is being prosecuted.
2007-08-22 13:28:55 · answer #2 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first is a civil case the second is a criminal case
2007-08-22 13:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by Rob M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋