Civil law may refer to:
- in general: an area of law being part of private law. Private law (Civil law is that part of a Legal system that involves relationships between individuals (See also Civil law (common law) for common law countries. Civil law, as opposed to Criminal law, refers to that branch of Law dealing with disputes between Individuals and/or Organizations, in which Common law refers to law and the corresponding legal system developed through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive )
- in comparative law: a system of law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis. Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the Law of different countries The Corpus Juris Civilis ("Body of Civil Law" is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in Jurisprudence, issued from 529 See Civil law (legal system). Civil law or Romano-Germanic law or Continental law is the predominant system of law in the world.
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civil law
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- (law) Roman law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis; it contrasts with common law.
- (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.
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