English
Noun
civil law (plural civil laws)
- (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.
Translations
legal system contrasting with common law
- Arabic: قَانُون مَدَنِيّ m (qānūn madaniyy)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 歐陸法系, 欧陆法系 (Ōulù fǎxì)
- Finnish: säädösoikeus
- French: droit civil (fr) m
- German: kontinentaleuropäischer Rechtskreis m
- Hebrew: המשפט הקונטיננטלי, משפט אזרחי
- Japanese: 大陸法 (たいりくほう, tairiku hō)
- Khmer: ច្បាប់រដ្ឋប្បវេណី (jbab roth pak ve ni)
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- Korean: 대륙법 (daeryukbeop) (大陸法 (ko))
- Lithuanian: kontinentinė teisė
- Portuguese: civil law f, direito romano-germânico m
- Russian: рома́но-герма́нское пра́во n (románo-germánskoje právo)
- Scots: ceevil law
- Serbo-Croatian: građansko pravo n
- Spanish: derecho continental m
- Swedish: civilrätt (sv) c
- Thai: กฎหมายแพ่ง (gòd măai pâeng)
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body of law dealing with private relations
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- Japanese: 民法 (ja) (みんぽう, mimpō)
- Korean: 민법 (ko) (minbeop) (民法 (ko))
- Lithuanian: civiline teise
- Norwegian: privatrecht
- Polish: prawo cywilne n
- Portuguese: direito civil m
- Russian: гражда́нское пра́во (ru) n (graždánskoje právo)
- Slovene: civilno pravo n
- Spanish: derecho civil m
- Swedish: civilrätt (sv) c
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Portuguese
Noun
civil law f (uncountable)
- (law) civil law (legal system contrasting with common law)
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