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Any person who, having brought or under pretence of bringing, an action against another person upon a penal written law in order to obtain from him or her a penalty for any offence committed or alleged to have been committed by that person, compounds the action without the order or consent of the court in which the action is brought, or is to be brought, commits a misdemeanour.
You cannot secretly settle a lawsuit you brought under a written penal law just to get a penalty from the other person. If you do that without getting...
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