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civil laws

civil laws is the plural of civil law.

Meaning of civil law

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.

Questions about civil laws

What is civil laws the plural of?
Civil laws is the plural of civil law.

Words near civil laws in the dictionary

  1. civil ensigns
  2. Civil Guard
  3. civil law
  4. civil law notaries
  5. civil law notary
  6. civil laws
  7. civil libertarian
  8. civil liberties
  9. civil liberty
  10. civil list
  11. civil lists

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