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civil law

  1. the body of codified law developed from Roman law and still in force in many European and American nations
  2. the body of law that an individual nation or state has established for itself
  3. the body of law having to do with the private rights of individuals

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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