Civil law may refer to:
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Civil law (common law)
Civil law is a major branch of the law. Glanville Williams. ''Learning the Law''. Eleventh Edition. Stevens. 1982. p. 2. In common law legal systems such as England and Wales and the United States, the term refers to non- criminal law. The law r ...
, the part of law that concerns private citizens and legal persons
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Civil law (legal system), or continental law, a legal system originating in continental Europe and based on Roman law
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Private law
Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the ''jus commune'' that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations ( ...
, the branch of law in a civil law legal system that concerns relations among private individuals
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Municipal law, the domestic law of a state, as opposed to international law
See also
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Civil code
A civil code is a codification of private law relating to property, family, and obligations.
A jurisdiction that has a civil code generally also has a code of civil procedure. In some jurisdictions with a civil code, a number of the core ar ...
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Civil (disambiguation)
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Ius civile'', Latin for "civil law"
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Common law (disambiguation)
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Criminal law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law i ...
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