Civil Rights are those that belong to every citizen of the state, and are not connected with the organization or administration of government. They include the rights of property, marriage, protection by law, freedom to contract, trial by jury, and the like.
The definition of vindictive is someone who is out for revenge. An example of vindictive is a person who writes down every mean thing ever said to her in a notebook so she can get back at the people who were unkind.
adv., adj. unpredictable and subject to whim, often used to refer to judges and judicial decisions which do not follow the law, logic or proper trial procedure. A semi-polite way of saying a judge is inconsistent or erratic.