Civil Law in United Kingdom
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Definition of Civil Law
In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Civil Law : 1. The law of any particular state, now usually called *municipal law.
2. Roman law.
3. A legal system based on Roman law, as distinct from the English system of *common law.
4. *private law, as opposed to *public law, military law, and ecclesiastical law.
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- Civil Law in the Encyclopedia of Britain
- Civil Law in the Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
- Civil Law in the Halsbury’s Laws of England
- Civil Law in the Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases
- Civil Law in the Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
- Civil Law in the New Oxford Companion to Law
- Civil Law in the Words and Phrases Legally Defined
- Civil Law in the Oxford Dictionary of Law
Definition of Civil Law
Law involving disputes which do not amount to crimes.

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This entry was last updated: January 13, 2015