Word Study
civil death |
civil defense |
civil disobedience |
civil engineer |
civil engineering |
civil law
| civil leader
| civil liberty
| civil list
| civil marriage
| civil order
civil law
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun civil law has 2 senses
- civil law(n = noun.group) Array - the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation; Array has particulars: case law, common law, precedent, legislation, statute law
- civil law(n = noun.communication) jus civile, justinian code, roman law - the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law; Array is a kind of legal code
is a kind of jurisprudence, law
Antonym: international law
ROGET THESAURUS
civil law
Legality
N legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.
For further exploring for "civil law" in Webster Dictionary Online