n. 1) a body of laws and legal concepts which come down from old ...

legal system based on a code or system of rules and regulations.

(1) A generic term for all non-criminal law, usually relating to settling disputes between private citizens. (2) A body of laws and legal concepts derived from Roman law as opposed to English common l [..]

The laws in a country that define the rights and obligations that people owe one another. Civil law covers issues such as the borrowing and lending of money, contracts, land and property ownership, ma [..]

Derecho Civil

The law regulating conduct between private persons over noncriminal matters. The government provides the forum for the settlement of disputes between private parties in contracts, domestic relations, [..]

often cap C&L 1 : Roman law esp. as set forth in the Code of Justinian 2 : the body of law developed from Roman law and used in Louisiana, in continental Europe, and in many other countries ...

A legal system conceived under the framework of Roman law in which its principles are codified into a system of primary source law (as in France and Latin America). In contrast, common law systems (such as in the USA and England) are based on a judicial precedent framework which gives precedence to prior court decisions on the principle that it is [..]

The branch of law that deals largely with wrongs against the individual.

Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another individual or group.

Laws that deal with the rights of private citizens. Civil cases deal with unresolved conflicts or disputes between individual or groups.

Civil law may be defined as that legal tradition which has its origin in Roman law, as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian (528 to 534 A.D.), and as subsequently developed in Continental Europe and around the world. Civil law eventually divided into two streams: the codified Roman law (as seen in the French Civil Code of 1804 and its [..]

Civil law differs from criminal law in that:

Law which is not public (criminal, administrative, constitutional, international) or church law, that is, private law. It may mean law based on the Roman system. Throughout this book, civil law means [..]

law concerned with matters between citizens in which the wronged party seeks action against another who caused hardship or inconvenience

law pertaining to matters between private citizens (as distinct from criminal law, administrative law or industrial law), as in civil proceedings, civil remedy, civil wrong; law pertaining to civilian [..]

Civil law is the area of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organisations.

Refers to all areas of law which do not involve the state as a party, but concern the relationships between individuals and groups. Ranges from multi-million dollar contract disputes to claims of negl [..]

Area of law that deals with disputes between individuals, not involving crimes.

Statutes and “case law” that define or interpret individuals’ and organizations’ private rights in their relationships and disputes that involve property, contracts, personal injury, family relationships, tax, or government rules and regulations.

Law involving disputes which do not amount to crimes.

As opposed to criminal law, is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals and/or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance, if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident, this will be a civil law case.

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