Synonyms for civil law


Grammar : Noun


Définition of civil law

  • noun law of citizens' rights
Example sentences :
  • The object of civil law is to regulate the relations of men to each ether.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • In 1847 professor of civil law at Cambridge; 1850, called to the Bar.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
  • The proportion of criminal to civil law is exceedingly different.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
  • I cannot invoke the civil law to do more than to say that it shall be a day of rest.
  • Extract from : « 'America for Americans!' » by John Philip Newman
  • As for civil law, I would have thee know the digests by heart.
  • Extract from : « Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama » by E. Cobham Brewer
  • But it was enforced not so much by civil law as by religion.
  • Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
  • In the civil law, was where the thing pledged remained with the debtor.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • It is the same in civil law with an indenture at the common law.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • I am writing treatises on augural, pontifical, and civil law.
  • Extract from : « Treatises on Friendship and Old Age » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • The civil law, by granting divorce, has broken the family tie.
  • Extract from : « Public School Education » by Michael Mller

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