civ|il-law

civ|il-law
1. the law of a community or state that regulates and protects private rights and is controlled and used by civil courts, not military courts.
2. Roman law as a whole or as applied to citizens of Rome.
3. a system of law based on Roman law, used in France and other Continental countries, and in parts of the United States and Canada, such as Louisiana and Quebec.
civ|il-law «SIHV uhl L», adjective.
having to do with civil law.

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