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civil law

civil law noun: the body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community;.

Noun

civil law (countable and uncountable, plural civil laws)

  1. The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community;
  2. A legal system primarily based on a legal code, which commonly derives from the Corpus Juris Civilis.
    • The Supreme Court of Canada is a bijural court that deals with both Quebec civil law and the common law used in the rest of the country.

civil law meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

civil law in Tamil

குடியியற் சட்டம்

civil law in Arabic

legal system contrasting with common law
قَانُون مَدَنِيّ qānūn madaniyy

civil law in Malay

body of law dealing with private relations
undang-undang sivil

civil law in Indonesian

body of law dealing with private relations
hukum perdata, hukum sipil
legal system contrasting with common law
sistem hukum Eropa kontinental
More languagesFewer languages
civil law in Thai
กฎหมายแพ่ง gòd măai pâeng, ซีวิลลอว์ sii-wîl-lɔɔ
civil law in Vietnamese
dân luật, luật dân sự, hệ thống dân luật, hệ thống pháp luật lục địa

Forms of civil law

pluralcivil laws

Questions about civil law

What does civil law mean?
Civil law means the body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community;.
What is civil law in Tamil?
Civil law in Tamil is குடியியற் சட்டம். See Civil law meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is civil law?
Civil law is a noun.
What is the plural of civil law?
The plural of civil law is civil laws.

Words near civil law in the dictionary

  1. civil engineering
  2. civil engineers
  3. civil ensign
  4. civil ensigns
  5. Civil Guard
  6. civil law
  7. civil law notaries
  8. civil law notary
  9. civil laws
  10. civil libertarian
  11. civil liberties

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Adapted from Wiktionary: civil law (page history and authors); civil law (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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