civil law

English

Pronunciation

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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;
Coordinate terms: criminal law, ecclesiastical law, military law
(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 script: 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
Thai: กฎหมายแพ่ง (gòd măai pâeng)
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:
Latin: građansko právo n
Spanish: derecho continental m
Swedish: kontinentaleuropeisk rätt (sv) c
Thai: ซีวิลลอว์ (sii-wîl-lɔɔ)

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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)

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