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    SECTION 16-A

    Civil action

    General Construction (GCN) CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE 2

    § 16-a. Civil action. The term "civil action" means any action except
    when prosecuted in the name of the people of the state of New York, as
    plaintiffs against a party charged with crime.