Our law on civil injuries (torts) has traditionally been made by state courts and legislatures, not by the Federal Government.

There is no general rule which exempts infants from liability for 'tort', i.e. civil injury other than breach of contract or trust.

It is especially curious when you compare it with another Bush-Quayle proposal: Federal legislation to make radical changes in the country's civil injury law.

They say legends like the one about the Texas railroad have been used to maximum effect by a national business-supported movement to make it harder for plaintiffs to win lawsuits under tort law, which governs civil injury claims.

For there is no civil injury done unto the excommunicated person by the church minister's refusing him that bread and wine, in the celebration of the Lord's Supper, which was not bought with his but other men's money.

M. Bernard Aidinoff, a lawyer for the fund, said the insurance policies apparently covered unlimited legal expenses in the Jones case, but the policies, which cover civil injury claims, do not apply to the Whitewater matter, which is under investigation both by Congress and a special prosecutor.