What does civil law mean?

Definitions for civil law
civ·il law

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. civil lawnoun

    the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation

  2. Roman law, Justinian code, civil law, jus civilenoun

    the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law

Wiktionary

  1. civil lawnoun

    Roman law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis; it contrasts with common law.

  2. civil lawnoun

    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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  1. civil law

    Civil law is a branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. These can include areas related to contracts, property, family matters, torts, and more. It aims to resolve non-criminal disputes and protect the rights and properties of individuals. It also encompasses the laws that govern transactions between private parties, protection of individual liberties, and legal remedies that may be sought. It is distinguished from criminal law, which involves crimes against the state or society as a whole.

Wikidata

  1. Civil law

    In England and Wales, civil law means non-criminal law. The law relating to civil wrongs and quasi-contracts is part of the civil law. Civil law can be divided into substantive law and procedural law. Civil law is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance, if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident, this will be a civil law case. Civil law differs from criminal law, which emphasises more upon punishment than on dispute resolution.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Civil Law

    a system of laws for the regulation of civilised communities formed on Roman laws, digested in the pandects of Justinian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of civil law in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of civil law in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of civil law in a Sentence

  1. Laurie Levenson:

    It can impact policies not just on whether they go after individuals or organizations, it can impact how aggressive you get with the use of criminal law, as opposed to civil law or regulatory actions.

  2. Charles Kuck:

    This is a civil law violation, and the continued detention of Mr. Abraham-Joseph serves no other purpose than to unnecessarily punish him and try to intimidate him into giving up his right to fight to remain in the United States.

  3. Ron Kuby:

    If the police want to use the civil law as a tool in their policing, those of us who pay their salaries have the opportunity now to engage in some real reform, which is, stop the indemnification of cops, stop the free lawyers for the police, stop the qualified immunity for the police --and well see how that works out for them.


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