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"Criminal law includes any wrong, hurt, or damage done to a person's rights, body, reputation, or property."

a) True

b) False

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The statement given is false. Criminal law deals with actions that pose a threat to public order and includes provisions for punishment, whereas civil law typically covers disputes between private parties regarding rights, property, reputation, or bodily harm.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement "Criminal law includes any wrong, hurt, or damage done to a person's rights, body, reputation, or property" is false. Criminal law is a law that prohibits actions that could harm or endanger others, and establishes punishments for committing those actions.

It is primarily concerned with wrongs committed against the public as a whole, even though individual victims may be involved.

Actions that purely involve a private dispute without any breach of public rights, even if they involve wrong, hurt, or damage to a person's rights, body, reputation, or property, generally fall under civil law, not criminal law.

Courts may handle both criminal and civil cases. In the criminal system, governments establish rules and enforce punishment for prohibited actions through cases such as "The People" or "The State" versus the accused. Civil law cases involve private disputes between individuals or entities, where one party alleges harm by the other.

A person may be tried in both criminal and civil court for related actions without this constituting double jeopardy since these are separate branches of the law.

correct option b) False

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