civil law

See also: civil-law

English

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; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.
2. (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
• Dutch: civiel recht n, burgerlijk recht n
• Esperanto: civila kodo
• Estonian: tsiviilõigus
• Finnish: velvoiteoikeus (fi)
• French: droit civil (fr) m
• German: Zivilrecht (de) n, Bürgerliches Recht n
• Hungarian: polgári jog (hu)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} dlí sibhialta m
• Italian: diritto civile (it) m
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• Japanese: 民法 (ja) (みんぽう, mimpō)
• Kazakh: азаматтық құқық (azamattyq qūqyq)
• Korean: 민법 (ko) (minbeop) (民法 (ko))
• Lithuanian: civiline teise
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sivilrett m, privatrett m

  Nynorsk: sivilrett m, privatrett m

• Polish: prawo cywilne n
• Portuguese: direito civil m
• 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 (Ōulù fǎxì), 欧陆法系 (Ōulù fǎxì)

• Dutch: continentaal recht n, Romaans-Germaans recht n
• Finnish: säädösoikeus
• French: droit romano-civiliste m, droit romano-germanique m
• German: römisch-germanisches Recht n
• Hebrew: המשפט הקונטיננטלי, משפט אזרחי
• Hungarian: római jog
• Indonesian: hukum perdata (id)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} dlí sibhialta m
• Italian: diritto continentale m, diritto romano-germanico m
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• Japanese: 大陸法 (たいりくほう, tairiku hō)
• Khmer: ច្បាប់រដ្ឋប្បវេណី (jbab roth pak ve ni)
• Korean: 대륙법 (daeryukbeop) (大陸法 (ko))
• 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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Translations to be checked

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

Etymology

From English civil law.

Noun

civil law f (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: direito romano-germânico