Civil law
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- in general: part of legal systems that involves legal relationships between individuals, also called private law. (See also Civil law (common law) for common law countries.)
- in comparative law: a system of law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis. See Civil law (legal system).
- Secular or civil law; law that is not religious law
- Civilian law; law that is not military law or martial law