civil lawnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsɪv.əl ˈlɔː/us/ˌsɪv.əl ˈlɑː/the part of the legal system that relates to personal matters, such as marriage and property, rather than crime
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rules & laws
- black codes
- canon
- code of practice
- common law
- cyberlaw
- dead letter
- diktat
- dos
- edict
- equal protection
- international law
- leash law
- licensing laws
- mandatory
- red tape
- retroactive
- rule
- sharia
- statutory
- the rule of law
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Examples from literature
- During that time he could not be silenced by the arm of the civil law.
- Even civil law, the great science of the Romans, became interesting in his hands, and was divested of its dryness and technicality.
- He is a graduate in canon and civil law.