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Definition of civil law noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

civil law

noun

/ˌsɪvl ˈlɔː/

/ˌsɪvl ˈlɔː/

[uncountable]

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law that deals with the rights of private citizens rather than with crime compare criminal lawTopics Law and justicec2

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