civil law

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noun

1. the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation (Freq. 3)
• Ant:
international law
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Members of this Topic:
case law, precedent, common law, complaint, accession
• Hypernyms:
law, jurisprudence
• Hyponyms:
case law, precedent, common law, legislation, statute law
2. the legal code of ancient Rome;
codified under Justinian;
the basis for many modern systems of civil law
• Syn:
Roman law, Justinian code, jus civile
• Members of this Topic:
addiction, novate, stipulate
• Hypernyms:
legal code