Civil infraction
In common law countries, a civil infraction is a non-criminal violation of a rule, ordinance, or regulation.A civil infraction is a violation of the law less serious than a misdemeanor, and which usually does not attach certain individual rights such as a jury trial.In the United States, the key characteristic of an infraction is that the punishment seldom includes any amount of incarceration in a prison or jail or any other loss of civil rightstypically the only punishment is a fine, although sometimes other regulatory actions are possible or an order to remedy or mitigate the situation.
