Legal system originating in continental Europe.
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Examples for "civil law "
Examples for "civil law "
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.
1 The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the military from participating in civilian law enforcement operations.
2 At least it is under military law, which is a bit stingier than civilian law .
3 Military law is as rigorous as civilian law , Hal.
4 The settlers are subject to Israeli civilian law .
5 Slideshow (2 images) By enacting civilian law over settlements, the move could streamline procedures for their construction and expansion.
1 It is against Roman law to execute a female virgin, he said.
2 The technical ingenuities of Roman law were exhausted to shield the culprit.
3 Roman law Regius professorships were founded by the King at Oxford and
4 And here, reading the dead language, my little book of Roman Law .
5 The Roman law regarded an excommunicated citizen as civilis mortuus, legally dead.
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Translations for neo-roman law