civil law

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Noun

civil law (countable and uncountable, plural civil laws)

(law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.
(law) Legal system based on the Corpus Juris Civilis; it contrasts with common law.

Related terms

civil violation

Translations

body of law dealing with private relations

Breton: gwir keodedel m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 民法 (zh) (mínfǎ)
Czech: občanské právo n
Danish: civilret c
Dutch: civiel recht (nl) n, burgerlijk recht n
Esperanto: civila kodo
Estonian: tsiviilõigus
Finnish: siviilioikeus (fi)
French: droit civil (fr) m
Georgian: სამოქალაქო სამართალი (samokalako samartali)
German: Zivilrecht (de) n, Bürgerliches Recht n
Hungarian: polgári jog (hu)
Indonesian: hukum perdata (id), hukum sipil (id)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} dlí sibhialta m
Italian: diritto civile (it) m
Japanese: 民法 (ja) (みんぽう, mimpō)
Kazakh: азаматтық құқық (azamattyq qūqyq)
Korean: 민법(民法) (ko) (minbeop)
Lithuanian: civiline teise
Malay: undang-undang sivil
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: иргэний хууль (irgenii xuulʹ), ардын хууль (ardyn xuulʹ) (China)

Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ ᠦ
ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ (irgen-ü qauli), ᠠᠷᠠᠳ
ᠤ᠋ᠨ
ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ (arad un qauli)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sivilrett m, privatrett m

Nynorsk: sivilrett m, privatrett m
Polish: prawo cywilne n
Portuguese: direito civil m
Romanian: drept civil (ro) n
Russian: гражда́нское пра́во (ru) n (graždánskoje právo)
Slovene: civilno pravo n
Spanish: derecho civil m
Swedish: civilrätt (sv) c
Welsh: cyfraith sifil f

legal system contrasting with common law

Arabic: قَانُون مَدَنِيّ m (qānūn madaniyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歐陸法系／欧陆法系 (ōulùfǎxì), 大陸法／大陆法 (dàlùfǎ)
Dutch: continentaal recht n, Romaans-Germaans recht n
Finnish: säädösoikeus
French: droit romano-civiliste m, droit romano-germanique m
Georgian: რომაულ-გერმანული სამართალი (romaul-germanuli samartali), კონტინენტური ევროპის სამართალი (ḳonṭinenṭuri evroṗis samartali)
German: römisch-germanisches Recht n
Hebrew: המשפט הקונטיננטלי, משפט אזרחי
Hungarian: római jog
Indonesian: sistem hukum Eropa kontinental
Irish: ^{(please verify)} dlí sibhialta m
Italian: diritto continentale m, diritto romano-germanico m
Japanese: 大陸法 (ja) (たいりくほう, tairiku hō)
Khmer: ច្បាប់រដ្ឋប្បវេណី (jbab roth pak ve ni)
Korean: 대륙법(大陸法) (daeryukbeop)
Lithuanian: kontinentinė teisė
Portuguese: civil law f, direito romano-germânico m
Russian: рома́но-герма́нское пра́во n (románo-germánskoje právo)
Scots: ceevil law
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: građansko právo n
Spanish: derecho continental m
Swedish: civilrätt (sv) c
Thai: กฎหมายแพ่ง (gòd măai pâeng)

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English civil law.

Noun

civil law f (uncountable)

(law) civil law (legal system contrasting with common law)
Synonym: direito romano-germânico