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Civil law

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Noun
  1. 1
    The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law wordnet
  3. 3
    A legal system primarily based on a legal code, which commonly derives from the Corpus Juris Civilis. countable, uncountable

    "The Supreme Court of Canada is a bijural court that deals with both Quebec civil law and the common law used in the rest of the country."

  4. 4
    the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation wordnet

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