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by z3phyr 1434 days ago
> There is no contempt of court for not paying these damages.

Then how does the civil court function? If nobody follows the courts order, the court is redundantly illegitimate.

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There is no ability to not comply. Seizure of assets is handled with financial institutions complying, and with the police backing up court seizures for physical assets.

No one is going to assault a cop, or have their bank shut down due to non compliance.

Where I am, what often happens is the damaged party has papers showing debt owed. It then becomes a colllection issue, sometimes, in some jurisdictions court takes an active role, in others, you have to do the work yourself.

Eg, you have to find their bank, hire a sheriff(the seizure kind), and go get what is now "your stuff".