civil law

Noun
  1. The body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation (synset 108470475)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    associated with:
    • case law, common law, precedent - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
    • complaint - (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
    • accession - (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
    is a type of: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    subtypes:
  2. The legal code of ancient Rome;
    Codified under Justinian;
    The basis for many modern systems of civil law (synset 106546650)
    associated with:
    • addiction - (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
    • novate - replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one
    • stipulate - make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
    is a type of: legal code - a code of laws adopted by a state or nation
    same as: jus civile, justinian code, roman law

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