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civil procedure

civil procedure noun: a body of rules that regulate the administration of civil trials and appeals.

Noun

civil procedure (uncountable)

  1. A body of rules that regulate the administration of civil trials and appeals.

Questions about civil procedure

What does civil procedure mean?
Civil procedure means a body of rules that regulate the administration of civil trials and appeals.
What part of speech is civil procedure?
Civil procedure is a noun.

Words near civil procedure in the dictionary

  1. civil partners
  2. civil partnership
  3. civil partnerships
  4. civil power
  5. civil powers
  6. civil procedure
  7. civil registries
  8. civil registry
  9. civil right
  10. civil rightist
  11. civil rightists

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