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Meanings of civil law in English
Portuguese
direito civil Spanish
derecho romano The legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law.
Russian
романо-германская правовая семья Portuguese
sistema romano-germânico Spanish
derecho continental Catalan
dret continental Legal system originating in continental Europe.
Related terms
Branch of private law (outside criminal law) that regulates the patrimonial and personal relations between physical or moral persons.
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Usage of civil law in English
1
The age of majority for most civil law purposes is 18 years.
2
But even then, ecclesiastical law and civil law were never quite one.
3
I tried to make the distinction between civil law and religious law.
4
Bulloch can be considered as the creator of civil law in Penguinia.
5
The civil law has absolutely nothing to say on the marriage question.
6
He was educated at Eton, and afterwards studied civil law at Utrecht.
7
From 1190, the civil law was studied, and shortly thereafter, canon law.
8
The civil law is doing the same slowly for the mal-married.
9
Professorships of the civil law were founded at the two universities.
10
Prescription is a result of the civil law, a creation of the legislator.
11
She only consented to marriage when threatened with the civil law.
12
If he has promised by stipulation, he is liable by the civil law.
13
They were ever ready to meet civil law with military brag of war.
14
And that's why the civil law has always had to protect people from-
15
His public responsibility, however, was not determined merely by civil law.
16
Thomas Legh, too, a young doctor of civil law, was scarcely more attractive.
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