civil law

English

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Noun

civil law (countable and uncountable, plural civil laws)

1. (law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community;

   Coordinate terms: criminal law, ecclesiastical law, military law

2. (law) A legal system primarily based on a legal code, which commonly derives from the Corpus Juris Civilis.

   Coordinate term: common law

   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.

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
• Greek: αστικό δίκαιο (el) n (astikó díkaio)
• 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
• Polish: prawo cywilne n
• 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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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} derecto civil

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English civil law.

Noun

civil law f (uncountable)

1. (law) civil law (legal system contrasting with common law)

   Synonym: direito romano-germânico