<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . The specific problem is: the text should be written in prose Please help improve this article if you can . (June 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A civil wrong or wrong is a cause of action under the law of the governing body . Tort, breach of contract and breach of trust are types of civil wrong . Something that amounts to a civil wrong is said to be wrongful . A wrong involves the violation of a right because wrong and right are complementary terms . A statement that an act complained of is legally wrongful as regards the party complaining implicitly includes a statement that the act complained of prejudicially affects the party complaining in some legal right . </P> <P> The law that relates to civil wrongs is part of the branch of the law that is called the civil law . A civil wrong is capable of being followed by what are called civil proceedings . It is a misnomer to describe a civil wrong as a "civil offence". The law of England recognised the concept of a "wrong" before it recognised the distinction between civil wrongs and crimes (which distinction was developed during the thirteenth century). </P>

Different types of civil wrongs under it act 2000