Timeline for What do you call an action that is less serious than a "crime" (that is not illegal, just against rules)?
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| Aug 7, 2018 at 12:46 | comment | added | Darren Ringer | @Mazura While that is a useful legal definition, the term "infraction" certainly has a more general meaning which addresses this question appropriately. Any organization with rules might have its own concept of "infractions" against them, regardless of any associated issues in the legal system. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 23:22 | comment | added | Mazura | "Infractions, sometimes known as regulatory offenses, are the least serious class of crime in the criminal law system of the United States." | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 18:04 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @coteyr I'm honestly confused. I thought the question was about non-legalities. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 18:02 | comment | added | coteyr | ... Meaning that if your talking about a legal issue, that is not quite breaking a law, but is instead breaking a policy, it would be an infraction (perhapse) that could be very serious, even though no crime was committed. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 18:00 | comment | added | coteyr | But that's my point. Ever get a parking ticket at a University. You broke a rule, but not a law. Ever park in the wrong spot at high school and have that thing put on your tire. You broke a school policy, not a law. The law allows them to make up such policies, but even though there may be legal issues laws are not broken. See also OSHA, for a federal example of things like that. Even the minimum working age on family farms is not set in law but policy. You can break a policy and need a lawyer, you can break a law and need a lawyer. Especially the question title leaves that open... | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 17:35 | comment | added | anon | @coteyr I think it was clear from the question that "breaking a rule" wasn't meant in complete isolation, but as "breaking [only] a rule". Obviously, breaking a rule which happens to line up with a law is also breaking the law, and therefore not 'less serious than a "crime"'. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 17:01 | comment | added | coteyr | Given the question and the body, this seems the best answer, but, at least in the US, there are several layers of legal issues. For example, breaking a rule may mean you broke a policy or that you broke a law. Both could get you into legal trouble. | |
| Aug 2, 2018 at 18:07 | comment | added | Lambie | Perhaps you mean infraction of a school rule. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 19:23 | history | answered | JimmyJames | CC BY-SA 4.0 |