civil law
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Noun
[edit]civil law (countable and uncountable, plural civil laws)
- (law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.
- (law) Legal system based on the Corpus Juris Civilis; it contrasts with common law.
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[edit]body of law dealing with private relations
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legal system contrasting with common law
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English civil law.
Noun
[edit]civil law f (uncountable)
- (law) civil law (legal system contrasting with common law)
- Synonym: direito romano-germânico
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